First Amendment Protection—Out Of School Speech—The United States Court of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit Holds That A Rap Song Posted To Social Media By A Student Is Unprotected. —Bell v. Itawamba County School Board, No. 12-60264, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 14630 (5th Cir. Aug. 20, 2015).
Rachel Melchor*
The First Amendment states that, “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech.” U.S. Const. amend. I. In our increasingly technological world, the Internet presents new challenges for school administrators and how to balance school safety and students’ constitutional rights. Bell v. Itawamba Cnty. Sch. Bd., No. 12-60264, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 14630, at *19 (5th Cir. Aug. 20, 2015) (citing Wynar v. Douglas Cnty. Sch. Dist., 728 F.3d 1062, 1064 (9th Cir. 2013)). Continue reading “A Rap Song Posted To Social Media By A Student Is Unprotected By The First Amendment”