Court ruled that a Pennsylvania public school violated the first amendment by punishing teen for expletive-laden post
The US supreme court ruled on Wednesday that a Pennsylvania public high school violated the first amendment to the US constitution by suspending a student from a cheerleading squad after she made a vulgar social media post about not being picked, while she was off school grounds.
In an eight-to-one ruling from the nine-judge bench, the court upheld an appeals court decision that favored Brandi Levy, who was a 14-year-old freshman at Mahanoy Area school district when she angrily expressed her disappointment about not making the varsity cheerleading team.
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