In a landmark decision issued June 23, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (8-1) that the First Amendment’s speech clause protected profane Snapchats sent by a high school cheerleader from her personal phone to her friends while off-campus and outside school hours. Accordingly, the school could not discipline her for the messages, which are protected speech. Mahanoy Area Sch Dist v BL, 594 U.S. ___ (2021). The Court did not rule, however, that schools may never discipline...
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