HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT V. KUHLMEIER (1988)
Cathy Kuhlmeier, Leslie Smart, and Leanne Tippett, juniors at Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis, Missouri, helped write and edit the school paper, the Spectrum, as part of a journalism class. An issue of the paper was to include articles about the impact of divorce on students and teen pregnancy. The school's principal refused to publish the two stories, saying they were too sensitive for younger students and contained too many personal details. The girls went to court claiming their First Amendment right to freedom of expression had been violated.
[HOW DO YOU THINK THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN THIS CASE?] [DO YOU THINK THE ARTICLES SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED? EXPLAIN]
posted by Mr. Turk at 10:20 PM
68 Comments:
they ruled for the kids because they all in high school they see what going on with people
8:09 AM
they went with the school on thatt
8:11 AM
heck yeah. first of all you have the right to say what is on your mind as long as its not provacative and nasty or potty mouthish in school . they did nothing wrong all they was trying to do is express and to have a say on whats really going on in our society.
8:13 AM
if they went over the edge talking about bad things than the other students should not have published the paper
8:13 AM
there going with the kids on this one
yes because everyone in high school is old enough to know how to be responsible
8:14 AM
the court ruled in favor of the school. the articles should have been published after the principal worked with the student to resolve the issues and edit the articles
8:15 AM
I think the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the girls. I think they should have been published because the words could have helped someone who was going through things like that right now.
8:15 AM
I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE O SAY WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO SAY....REMEMBER FREEDOM OF PRESS.....I MEAN ITS ALL BASICALLY A MATURITY LEVEL
8:16 AM
i think they ruled on behalf of the students. yes i think they should have published the stories because kids and teens need to know whats going on in their world.
8:19 AM
i think the kids. YES , there are so many people in high school that are dealing with teen pregancy these days( its like a trend or something) and i think that teenage girls should be awear or that!
8:19 AM
I think the supreme cort should let them post there articals. I think that the girls should have been able to post there articals. Its stuff that needs to be talked about and or discused and if the principal thinks that it would be too much for the younger students to handle ... then they need to grow up because its something that people go through.. its reality...
8:19 AM
As teenage girls are growing up they need to know this for there own sake and the 2 articles should of been published.
8:19 AM
i believe that they ruled for the girls because they were right.
yea i think that they should have been published because it was the truth and they were asked to write them and he knew that some of them might be with too many details so he should have been ready for anything to come his way.and him not wanting to publish them do violate the first amendment
8:20 AM
Yes i do think they should have been published then maybe all this girls wouldnt be walking around school pregnant.HOLLA BACK
8:20 AM
Yes because i think will help some student to do the right thing,
8:26 AM
They made the principal edit reasonable and then publish it. Yes because younger students are going to either now or later and it better to now it now then later.
8:28 AM
I think the supreme court should allow the articles to be published. She has the freedm of expression and if kids think they're old enough to have sex, then they should be old enough to take the criticism of what peeople have to say about it. When parents get divorced, it des have an effec on their children, but some kids going thru that situation might want to see how other people gt through it. The articles may have been personal, but i feel a though it could've also helped a lot of kids with their everyday life.
8:36 AM
they ruled for the school... they have their freedom of speech... they can see what ever they want as long as its not verbally disrespectful
8:54 AM
they were with the school for many reason's but i am too lazy to explain them all
8:55 AM
they ruled for the kids, and they should publish the artices bc its in the bill of rights, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press, the paper is the press
8:55 AM
the court probabally went with the school because they were publishing it through the school
8:56 AM
the court agreed with the school because it goes throgh the school
9:00 AM
they wanted to see what was going on with people
9:02 AM
I think they ruled for the girls because high school students are responsible enough
9:05 AM
they should rule for the kids
9:06 AM
YES BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS MAY WANT TO READ ABOUT IT
9:07 AM
Yes i think the articles should have been published because of the First Amendment. For the same reason that the girls felt.
9:07 AM
the school, should let them stories out cause we all old enough a know stuff
9:07 AM
I don't know if the articles should've been published. I think the Supreme Court didn't rule in their favor.
9:08 AM
They both are right because the 1st amendment should be put in process but other students should not have to know about other personal bussiness there only kids this is not the big world
9:11 AM
i think they ruled for the school because schools have the power to violate all ur rights and get away with it
9:12 AM
the court ruled in favor of the girlz,
yes i do ,y, b/c these articles may and mostliky help out people in a time of need or when they need to look up some thing
9:13 AM
it was basicly for the high school students to understand what they are getting into the adult world later on in life
9:17 AM
they should of not had published it
9:18 AM
i think the court ruled well. Yes i do thimk the article should have been published becuase whhy not publishe dit if you didnt want them to include that type of stuff.
9:19 AM
i agree
9:19 AM
They went with the juniors on this one because they were just informing fellow students about a common topic they were slandering anyone so therefore they were exercising there free will of speech
9:19 AM
i agree
9:20 AM
It should Be aloud because there are people going threw things like that and they might want to take a look at it nothing else can happen
9:23 AM
They ruled for the high school students
10:30 AM
they ruled the kids cause the freedom of speech
10:40 AM
i think the pricipal was wrong because they were just saying what hey felt and they didnt get to publish it
10:40 AM
Well, Since it was the school's paper, the court ruled in favor of the school. If they were to make their own paper that would have been ok
10:42 AM
I think the girls should have been able to right the issues and publish them into the school paper, because now adays people in schools need to realize these types of issues and if a student of there age reads the article maybe they will take an affect to it.
10:42 AM
they had the right to express themselves. yes they should have been published the stories wasnt going to hurt anyone
10:42 AM
I think the juge ruled in the girls favor,because all these situations are occuring alot now days, and teens should hear about it.
10:44 AM
i think the courts ruled in there favor because i think they should have the right to talk about it because so much of it is happening at the school. And its not senstive when girls walk around pregnant or kids try to kill themselves because there parents got a divorce. maybe it could stop people from feeling as bad about what there going threw if they knew others were going threw the same thing.
10:50 AM
thoses were their rights so they should rule for them!!
10:52 AM
i htink the court ruled in favor of the girl. that is just retarted because little do they no how that is effecting the kids of today. divorce can make a kid not do his/her work in school they can start misbehaving and just going insane at the thought of their parents not being togeather.
10:53 AM
The supreme court ruled
10:53 AM
I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE PUBLISHED THE TWO STORIES B/C OF THE FACT THAT IT WOULD HELP TEENS ABOUT THE DESICIONS THEY MADE AND TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
10:55 AM
yea the articles should have been published because that is important and may help some one who reads it
10:56 AM
They can ruled for the kids
10:57 AM
Yeah it should of been published, the supreme court ruled against it
11:02 AM
they ruled behalf on the students because of students should have published the stories.
11:03 AM
yes they should have been publish because they talking about any one indivdually
12:12 PM
the articles should have been published it wasnt like they were teaching how to have sex or something they are just stating the truth and opinions and that is one of our freedoms
12:13 PM
the skool won
12:13 PM
they would have ruled in the schools favor
12:15 PM
i think they should publish it so people kno what teens go through
12:21 PM
If the school refuses the stories then they do. And have the authority to do so..
12:23 PM
they ruled for the girls
12:26 PM
the courts ruled in favoe of the kids and those papers should have been published
12:28 PM
the court ruled with the gurls. i think it should have been cause everybody have the right to speak what's on their mind
12:34 PM
because the girls went out court claiming their first amendment right to freedom. yea because students have a right to express how they fell bout something.
12:35 PM
THEY WENT WITH THE SCHOOL ON THAT
12:35 PM
I do think the articles should be published because society is trying too hard to shelter kids from the real world
12:37 PM
I THINK THAT IT IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH SO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO.....THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL I HOPE BY THIS POINT ARENT THAT IMMATURE......BUT I THINK THAT THE SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE WENT WITH THE GIRLS THEY WANTED THEM TO WRITE IT
12:17 PM
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