Concept information
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Morse v. Frederick
Definition
- Morse v. Frederick (2007) is the most recent of the U.S. Supreme Court's four cases on the free speech rights of K-12 students. In Morse, the Court upheld the authority of educators to discipline a student who displayed a banner at a school event that promoted illegal drug use.Facts of the CaseThe dispute in Morse arose when a principal suspended a high school student who, with friends, displayed a 14-foot banner reading “BONG HiTS [sic] 4 JESUS” as they watched the winter Olympics torch relay pass through Juneau, Alaska. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Morse v. Frederick]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 2007
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Morse_v._Frederick
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