The Authority to Punish Lewd Speech is Limited Once a Student Exits School Grounds

Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B. L. by and through Levy, 141 S. Ct. 2038 (2021). The United States Supreme Court holds that while schools can sometimes regulate student speech that takes place off-campus, the school district violated this student’s First Amendment rights when it suspended her from the junior varsity cheerleading squad for a vulgar social media post outside of school....
By: Tucker Arensberg, P.C.