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Morse v. Frederick: Right to Free Speech Ivy Phillips Liberty High School AP Government, 2A
In 2002, a high school student Joseph Frederick held up a banner that read ?Bong Hits 4 Jesus? during an Olympic event. The principal of the school Deborah Morse took the banner away and suspended the eighteen year old student for five days. An extra five were included after Frederick made a comment about President Thomas Jefferson. Frederick felt that Morse?s opinion on the banner was unfair and violated the First Amendment, Frederick went down to court and argued that his free speech was violated with backup from the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU is an organization that protects individuals rights and liberties that has been listed in the United States Constitution. In 2006, the case was taken up to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Henig, 2008).
On March 19, 2007 Joseph Frederick argued his case in front of the Supreme Court. It would be decided by the Roberts Court with John G. Roberts as the Chief of Justice. The main question that this case gave us was, ?Does the First Amendment allow public schools to prohibit students from displaying messages promoting the use of illegal drugs at school-supervised events?? (Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2015) …show more content…
Des Moines Independent Community School District, which was held in 1968 was brought up during Morse v. Frederick due to the use of the First Amendment. Even though the two court cases did not have to do with the same ordeal, they both had something to do with free speech. The result of Tinker v. Des Moines caused the First Amendment?s protection to extend on free speech. This similarity was brought up by the Ninth Circuit. Since Frederick was punished for relaying a message instead of disturbing the public, the Ninth Circuit declared that Frederick?s punishment was unconstitutional. (Cornell University Law School,
Morse v. Frederick: Right to Free Speech Ivy Phillips Liberty High School AP Government, 2A
In 2002, a high school student Joseph Frederick held up a banner that read ?Bong Hits 4 Jesus? during an Olympic event. The principal of the school Deborah Morse took the banner away and suspended the eighteen year old student for five days. An extra five were included after Frederick made a comment about President Thomas Jefferson. Frederick felt that Morse?s opinion on the banner was unfair and violated the First Amendment, Frederick went down to court and argued that his free speech was violated with backup from the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU is an organization that protects individuals rights and liberties that has been listed in the United States Constitution. In 2006, the case was taken up to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Henig, 2008).
On March 19, 2007 Joseph Frederick argued his case in front of the Supreme Court. It would be decided by the Roberts Court with John G. Roberts as the Chief of Justice. The main question that this case gave us was, ?Does the First Amendment allow public schools to prohibit students from displaying messages promoting the use of illegal drugs at school-supervised events?? (Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2015) …show more content…
Des Moines Independent Community School District, which was held in 1968 was brought up during Morse v. Frederick due to the use of the First Amendment. Even though the two court cases did not have to do with the same ordeal, they both had something to do with free speech. The result of Tinker v. Des Moines caused the First Amendment?s protection to extend on free speech. This similarity was brought up by the Ninth Circuit. Since Frederick was punished for relaying a message instead of disturbing the public, the Ninth Circuit declared that Frederick?s punishment was unconstitutional. (Cornell University Law School,