Federal Court Rules for Schuylkill County Student in First Amendment Case (March 31, 2019)

Last week, a federal court ruled in favor of a Mahanoy Area High School student in a free speech rights case. In 2017, the former sophomore was removed from the cheerleading squad after making disparaging remarks about the school on Snapchat during a weekend and while she was not at or participating in a school activity. The ruling reinstated the student to the squad while averring that public schools have no authority to discipline students for off-campus speech.