Student Rights Flashcards
Tinker v. Des Moines ISD
The First Amendment applied to public schools and did not permit a public school to punish a student for wearing a black armband as an anti-war protest, absent any evidence that the rule was necessary to avoid substantial interference with school discipline or the rights of others.
New Jersey v. TLO
The Court upheld the warrantless search of a student’s backpack on the ground that (1) it was “reasonable suspicion” and (2) permissible in scope.
Bd. of Education v. Earls
Coercive drug testing imposed by school district upon students who participate in extracurricular activities does NOT VIOLATE the Fourth Amendment.
Bethel School District v. Fraser
The First Amendment, as applied through the Fourteenth, permits a public school to punish a student for giving a lewd and indecent, even if not obscene, speech at a school assembly.
Hazlewood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Held that high schools may censor articles in student’s newspapers because, unlike the protected speech in Tinker, schools are sponsors of student newspapers and this not passive observers in the speech.
Morse v. Frederick
Held that the First Amendment does not protect a student who held a banner “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” off school grounds but during a school event, and the students subsequently suspended.
Safford ISD v. Redding
The strip search violated the Fourth Amendment as the school lacked reasons to suspect that the drugs presented a danger and that they were concealed in the students underwear.
