Student Rights

Morse vs . Frederick (2007

The case refers to the suit d by Joseph Frederick towards Deborah Morse , the principal of the school . The case revolves around the story concerning Morse decision to suspend Frederick due to his actions Deborah Morse , the high school principal , suspended him for violating the school 's policy against displaying offensive materials promoting illegal drug use (Legal Information Institute , 2007 .The district court favored Morse and arguing on the grounds that Morse 's actions did not violate the First Amendment . The decision was reversed by the Ninth

Circuit and claimed based on facts that Morse violated Frederick 's First Amendment rights and Morse and the school board are not entitled to qualified immunity . The Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide a case that will have a significant impact on the Court 's student speech doctrine (Legal Information Institute , 2007

Looking at the case , it revolves around creating the line between the practice of the First Amendment and the limitation of student speech in the educational setting . At issue in this case is the delicate balance between the First Amendment rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the duty of public school officials to maintain and create a positive educational environment for their students (Legal Information Institute , 2007 . Also , the concept of qualified immunity is another important issue to consider . Whether Morse , as a school administrator is entitled to qualified immunity depends on the court 's interpretation of past court decisions (Legal Information Institute , 2007 . The decision of the Supreme Court shall be an important one and can draw the important line on the issues of free expression and qualified immunity

Veronia School District vs . Acton (1994

The case of revolves around the suit d by James Acton by the choice of the school to deny him playing and participating in football . This was because both James and his parents refused consent over the random testing . Looking at the facts , the Vernonia School District of Oregon adopted the Student Athlete Drug Policy which authorizes random urinalysis drug testing of its student athletes (OYEZ , 1995 . The suit d by Acton mentions the violation of the clause under the Fourth Amendment concerning search and seizure . In the end , the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Veronia School district on the grounds that is a balance of the intrusion on the individual 's Fourth Amendment interests against the promotion of legitimate governmental interests (OYEZ 1995

Looking at the case , it revolves around the protection of the Fourth Amendment among students particularly in the areas of forced searching and seizing . However , as the U .S . Supreme courts argue : the privacy interests compromised by urine samples are negligible since the conditions of collection are similar to public restrooms , and the results are viewed only by limited authorities (OYEZ , 1995 . In addition , there is the claim that governments must seek further supervision of minors , contrary to the notion of privacy intrusion

Looking at the relative cases , I believe that all rights that aim...