Student Free Speech Makes It to the Supreme Court in Former High School Cheerleader’s Case

John Yang:

When school officials wouldn't back down, Larry Levy literally made a federal case out of it, suing the school district.

A judge ordered Brandi back on the J.V. squad. Today, it reached the highest court in the land. While the Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that public schools could punish disruptive student speech in school, Brandi's case asks whether that extends to off-campus speech.

School administrators and the Biden administration say it should in order to deal with bullying.

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