Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court
Jun. 2, 2021
Major 1st Amendment case pending before US high court
A pivotal First Amendment case involving student use of social media and the allowable boundaries of school regulation of off-campus speech is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
John H. Minan
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.
A pivotal First Amendment case involving student use of social media and the allowable boundaries of school regulation of off-campus speech is pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court has been asked to decide whether public schools can punish a high school student for vulgar off-campus social media posts without infringing the First Amendment. Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., 20-255. The case has attracted a wide array of inter...
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