Public School Students’ Online, Off-Campus Speech Rights: Lessons from a First Amendment Victory, Part 1

Public School Students’ Online, Off-Campus Speech Rights: Lessons from a First Amendment Victory, Part 1

A federal appellate court recently delivered a remarkable win for the online, off-campus First Amendment speech rights of public high school students, even when posting social media content that most people would reasonably—even easily—deem racist. Importantly, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s ruling in Leroy v. Livingston Manor Central School District offers broader lessons about free-expression principles, interest-balancing ef…