Student First Amendment speech and expression rights armbands to bong HiTS

"Part of a series on the interactive relationships between law and society, this small volume explores issues of freedom of speech and expression relating to students in public schools. Bracketing the discussion between the Supreme Court's affirmation of student political expression rights in the Vietnam era Tinker vs. Des Moines Ind. Sch. Dist. and the recent decision that student in Alaska were not protected in waving a "Bong Hits For Jesus" sign at a school function, the work explores the limits on free speech imposed in the details of Tinker and recent development in the scope of student protected free speech. Ramey is a lawyer and educator working in Kansas City Missouri. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)."
"Ramey examines the legal boundaries of student speech and expression rights in school, as developed and defined by the U.S. federal courts. At issue is the proper extent of student speech and expressive conduct protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The purpose of discussing these decisions is to better enable educators to make informed decisions regarding student speech and expression in school. Ramey focuses on the Supreme Court?s four main student speech and expression decisions: in Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Sch. Dist. (1969), Bethel Sch. Dist. v. Fraser (1986), Haz."@en