Supreme Court (Finally) Will Address School Discipline for Off-Campus, Online Student Speech
January 14, 2021
Originally posted to our Title IX Insights Blog.
In 2017, a high school cheerleader learned she had not made the varsity team and turned to Snapchat. She posted a picture of herself and a friend, middle fingers up, with the text “f— school f— softball f— cheer f— everything.” She was subsequently suspended from the Junior Varsity cheer team. Little did she know that her frustrated message would lead to the first U.S. Supreme Court case to address the limits of school discipline for student off-campus, online speech.
Read more on our Title IX Insights Blog.