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First amendment and you ripped from the headlines
- 1. Name: _______________________________________ Date:________________________ The First Amendment & You: You Decide The student editors of a newspaper at a public school refused to publish the word âRedskinsâ (their schoolâs mascot), deeming it offensive. Specifically, student editors did not publish a letter to the editor written by a member of the schoolâs football team which repeatedly used the word. After being told to run the letter, student editors instead ran an editorial explaining their desire not to publish the letter unless they could substitute âR-------â for the word âRedskins.â The schoolâs administration has pulled $1,200 of funding from the publication and suspended its Editor-in-Chief for one month. Write a one paragraph-long (5-6 quality sentences) opinion about this case. Do you believe the student editors of the newspaper have had their First Amendment rights violated? Why or why not? Be specific, using evidence from other Supreme Court cases youâve read about to back up your opinion. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
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