Hazelwood+v.+Kuhlmeier


 * __Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier __**

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Argued October 13, 1987 Decided January 13, 1988 1/1

A student journalists in the Hazelwood school district submitted articles to his principle SPELL PRINCIPAL to be published in the schools APOSTROPHE newspaper. The principle decided that the two articles, involving teen preganacy and divorce among a student's parents, were inappropriate and were therefore not published in the school's newspaper. A few of the former students filed suit against the school for not publishing the articals. SPELL The former students, including Catty Kuhlmeier, said that the school district and school offcials were violating the First Amendment rights.The case was heard at the Federal District Court, AND the court said that a violation had occured. The Court of Appeals reversed THE DECISION. 4.5/5 PROOF READ! T The question to be answered in this case was did the principle PRINCIPAL violate the students' First Amendment right to freedom of the press when he deleted their articles from the school's newspaper? 5/5

The Supreme Court ruled that the school principle SPELL did not violate the student journalists' 1st Amendent right to freedom of speech by deleting the articles. The justices voted 5-to-3. WHY? EXPLAIN THE REASONING BEHIND THE DECISION!!! 4/5

The significance of this ruling is that the school may control what its students are exposed to. The ruling also said that the 1st amendment rights of public school students are not the same as the 1st amendment rights of students. PUT THIS IS PREVIOUS SECTION Also the ruling set a precedent for other situations in the future to let public school students know that their school officials have the authority to censor what is put into public documents that represent the school. If the Supreme Court would've ruled that the principle did indeed violate the students' 1st amendment right to freedom of speech, students would be allowed to write anything in their school newspaper, which could negatively affect the well-being of the school's students. 5/5

Sources: -(n.d.). //Hazelwood v. CAP kuhlmeier//. Retrieved from http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/hazelwood.html -

(n.d.). //Hazelwood v. CAP kuhlmeier (1988)//. Retrieved from http://www.landmarkcases.org/hazelwood/background3.html

(n.d.). //Hazelwood CAP school CAP district v CAP kuhlmeier//. Retrieved from http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/firstamendment/hazelwood.html

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23/25 = 92% (B+) SOLID CASE REPORT BUT A FEW TOO MANY SPELLING ERRORS AND YOU COULD HAVE ORGANIZED THINGS A LITTLE BETTER. SEE COMMENTS.