It is written in the First Amendment that it guarantees freedom of speech and all persons have the right to speak, publish, and express their views. Do schools have the right to censor student newspaper? Did the principal's removal of the articles violate the students' rights under the First Amendment?
The Spectrum, the school-sponsored newspaper of Hazelwood East High School, was written and edited by students. In May 1983, Robert E. Reynolds, the school principal, had removed two articles from the student newspaper because he found the articles in the issue to be inappropriate. One of the articles that were removed was about three teen’s experience with pregnancy and the other was on the topic of divorce and the affect it had on s
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