Why Every Teenager Should Be Concerned About Mahanoy Area ...

If the Supreme Court does not decide Mahanoy in favor of B.L., public schools would have the legal capacity to transform into what are ...

20-255 Mahanoy Area School Dist. v. B. L. (06/23/2021)

I will not attempt to provide a complete taxonomy of off-premises speech, but relevant lower court cases tend to fall into a few basic groups.

How Mahanoy affects students' free speech - Americans for Prosperity

One of the biggest student free speech cases in the last half century started with a high school cheerleader and a profanity-laced Snapchat.

What are the implications of the recent Supreme Court public school ...

The US Supreme Court case Mahanoy Area School District v. BL was framed as a major test of the social media free-speech rights of K-12 public school students.

Supreme Court Rules on Student Off Campus Speech: Mahanoy ...

On June 23, 2020, in an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Mahanoy Area School District's decision to suspend a student from the ...

Analyzing the Impact of Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.

The Mahanoy case involved a Pennsylvania school district's suspension of a student who took to a social media platform to air her frustration.

The Case of the Profane Cheerleader

The case, Mahanoy Area School District v. BL, further complicates schools' ability to discipline off-campus student speech that negatively impacts the school ...

OPINION: MAHANOY CROSSED THE LINE - Southwest Shadow

In another daunting case against free speech, a cheerleader has filed a lawsuit against the · In · She then sued the school district citing a ...

Teen cheerleader's Snapchat brings Supreme Court clash over ...

State and national associations of school superintendents, school boards, teachers and principals have all filed legal briefs supporting Mahanoy ...

Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. | Oyez

B.L., a student at Mahanoy Area High School (MAHS), tried out for ... concerns, and school officials should proceed cautiously before venturing ...

Supreme Court Decision Raises Student Speech Considerations ...

The Mahanoy case arose out of a vulgar “snap” that a disgruntled cheerleader sent to some of her friends via Snapchat in 2017. ... The student's photo eventually ...

Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. - Becket Fund

Becket filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the Supreme Court, pointing out that the public school's attempt to police off-campus, private student speech would ...

A Closer Look at When Schools Can Regulate Online Student Speech

Though the Supreme Court's decision in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. was lauded as a “big[] free speech victory” for public school ...

In Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., the Supreme Court can ...

This week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.,a case that involves a school cheerleader — ...

SCOTUS: Mahanoy Area School District v. Levy - Emory Law

Rather, 10th-grader B.L.'s speech was a typical example of adolescent frustration, voiced in the lingo most parents (or former teens) would ...

Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. - Law.Cornell.Edu

Thus, Mahanoy argues, if a student intentionally directs her speech at school operations, the school should be able to regulate that speech so ...

Mahanoy Area School District v. B. L. - Harvard Law Review |

When neither the original public meaning nor existing legal precedent can answer a legal question, the judiciary must rely on more creative ...

News Analysis: Mahanoy case must protect student free press - Tower

Levy's family sued the school district, and the case worked its way through the judicial system, landing on the bench of the Supreme Court.

Tinkering with Student Speech Restrictions in Mahanoy v. B.L.

At issue was whether the Mahanoy School District had violated the First Amendment rights of a student by suspending her from the cheerleading squad after she ...

US cheerleader wins free speech case against her former school

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a teenager who was ... She then sued the Mahanoy Area School District, arguing that the ...