Hazelwood+v.+Kuhlmeier

January 13, 1988 1/1
 * Hazlewood v. Kuhlmeier **

The case, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier USE ITALICS FOR COURT CASE NAMES was filed by a former high school newspaper staff member STUDENT in the District Federal Court FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT. This student was accusing the school district and officials of violating their HIS rights given to HIM by the First Amendment. When she attended Hazelwood East High School she was a member of the school newspaper and wrote an article talking about teen pregnancy and the effect of divorce on teens. Before an article was published COMMA it first was turned in to the teacher for revision and then given to the SPELLED PRINCIPAL principle, Robert Reynolds, for approval. However this time the principal denied the publication of the article about teen pregnancy because he said that the teens that were featured in the article could be indentified by the text. Later COMMA the article on the effects of divorce on teens was also denied when he WHO? claimed that the parents that were being talked about should be able to review the article and approve of it before publication, and that there was not enough time to get this done before the deadline. The principle SPELL also argued that the context CONTENT? involving sexual activity and birth control was not appropriate for the younger students at the school. NEED TO PROOF READ 4.5/5

Hazlewood v. Kuhlmeier involved the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This Amendment states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a [|redress] of grievances." This case addresses the students' rights to the freedom of speech in school. The legal question that was argued over was: was the principal's decision to censor the article of Kuhlmeier in violation of her rights to freedom of speech? WHAT ABOUT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS? 4.5/5

PICTURE NEEDS TO BE BIGGER 1.5/2 This case went to Federal District Court and was THE COURT ruled in favor of the Hazelwood School District COMMA stating that there was not any violation of the First Amendment because the rights given to adults by the First Amendment were not the same for children while attending a public school, and that their rights varied based on what the schools goal was as far as their curriculum of learning. RUN-ON SENTENCE Also COMMA THE COURT SAID that the school had the right to the determine what text would be accepted for their student TO read based on the context of the curriculum. When the case was taken to the Supreme Court on Jan. 13, 1988, the court ruled 5-3 to reverse the decision that the Federal District court had made, saying that principal Reynolds had the right to censor articles in the student newspaper that were deemed unnecessary to the schools APOSTROPHE educational mission. he school does have the right to revise or deny the publication of text that is sponsored by school activities if the school officials felt that the text was in any way not related to their basic educational mission COMMA or that it proposed a point that could be seen as offending to someone who was to read it. GOOD CONTENT BUT A FEW SPELLING AND GRAMMAR MISTAKES 4.5/5

The ruling of this case really didn’t have many affects MUCH EFFECT on United States history because there were already laws in place stating that you could not take away the rights to freedom of speech and freedom of expression. However COMMA the ruling of this case did show that even though we are guaranteed certain rights, that depending on whom you are and where you are that these rights may be limited. GOOD This case was an important case that took place because it showed all Americans that we did have rights but you may not have full rights when you are doing something that has an effect on someone besides you. This case probably did not have an effect on many lives of other Americans COMMA but it did however have effects on the lives of the people it involved because now this issue had been viewed publically and the participants could now have great criticism for their views on what’s right and what’s wrong. It also brought forth more protesters to peoples rights being violated even if it was legal because of the circumstances when it happened. 5/5

(n.d.). //Case summary: hazelwood school district v. kuhlmeier//. Retrieved from [] (n.d.). Retrieved from http://images.google.com/imgres? Tedford, T, & Herbeck, D. (2009). //Hazelwood school district v. kuhlmeier//. Retrieved from http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/hazelwood.html (n.d.). //Bill of rights//. Retrieved from http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html#amendmenti

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23/25 = 92% (B+) GOOD WORK - JUST NEED TO CUT DOWN ON SPELLING AND GRAMMAR MISTAKES AND OTHER MINOR ISSUES