Supreme Court Sidesteps Free-Speech Flyer Fight
The justices left intact a ruling that school officials could block anti-Planned Parenthood flyers as government speech, ending the student group’s challenge.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a free-speech challenge from a former Indiana high school student, E.D., who sued the Noblesville School District over blocked anti-abortion club flyers.
- Administrators at Noblesville High School rejected the student's 2021 flyers featuring 'Defund Planned Parenthood' signs, citing a policy prohibiting political content to maintain neutrality on matters of public controversy.
- The Seventh Circuit upheld the district's decision by applying the 1988 Hazelwood standard, which allows schools to exercise editorial control over student speech for legitimate pedagogical concerns.
- Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the denial, arguing the Supreme Court should clarify the 'muddled lines' of Hazelwood and how it applies to speech perceived as government-endorsed.
- The denial leaves in place a patchwork of constitutional protections, as lower courts continue struggling with inconsistent rulings regarding the breadth of student-speech rights in K-12 public schools.
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Justice Alito Sides with SFLA, Says an Indiana Student's Free Speech Case Needs to be Heard - Students for Life of America
There are nine Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Justices. If five agree on how a case should be ruled, their opinion becomes the legal standard, regardless of disagreement from other Justices. Recently, a Students for Life of America (SFLA) student’s case against her school for violating her chapter’s free-speech rights came to an end after SCOTUS denied her writ of certiorari for the case E.D. v. Noblesville School District. But it w…
DENIED! Supreme Court Angers Conservatives with 8-1 Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a free-speech challenge by a former high school student to an Indiana public school district’s policy that barred her from posting a flyer with an anti-abortion slogan on school walls. The justices rejected the former student’s appeal of a lower court ruling that the Noblesville Schools district’s policy did not violate the First Amendment protections against government interference with freedom o…
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Free Speech Case Concerning Pro-Life Flyers in School
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a free speech case concerning an Indiana high school’s decision to deny a student’s request to display flyers bearing pro-life messages in its hallway. The case stemmed from a 2021 lawsuit brought by the parents of a student identified in court papers as “E.D.,” who was a minor at the time the case was filed against the Noblesville School District. The plaintiffs alleged that Noblesville High S…
Supreme Court Sidesteps Free-Speech Flyer Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal regarding a former student's challenge to a school policy. The policy prevented her from displaying anti-abortion flyers at Noblesville High School. The lower courts upheld the school's decision, citing that the flyers were not protected under the First Amendment.
Justice Alito Dissents From Denial of Pro-Life Lawsuit
The Supreme Court declined to take up a pro-life student’s lawsuit Monday after her school refused to let her post flyers with photos of signs reading “Defund Planned Parenthood,” but Justice Samuel Alito dissented. Alito, an appointee of President George W. Bush, argued that the case represented an important opportunity to clarify the rules on free speech. E.D., a high school freshman, founded Noblesville Students for Life at her Indiana school…
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