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Question: On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Mahony Area School District v. B.L., which is available that the forgoing link and attached below.
Please summarize the facts and state the issue in the case.
Then, answer the following questions:
Does Tinker apply outside of the classroom? What does the Court say about that?
According to Tinker, under what circumstances may schools regulate student speech? What tests will the court apply in future cases?
The Court says that schools have a more leeway in regulating on campus speech than off-campus speech. What features of on-campus speech grant schools more leeway in regulating such speech as opposed to off-campus speech?
How does the Court rule in the B.L. case and why?
Apply the rules that the Supreme Court's announced in Tinker and B.L. to analyze the following cases and explain how you would rule and why:
Johnson School District v. Kringle et. al.: a group of 11th grade boys and girls created a Google form where they collected the results of a survey that ranked classmates based on their appearances or sexual activity along with images of their faces (obtained from open sources on the internet) and posted them in a WhatsApp Chat. Some of the students used their school email accounts to respond to the survey. Others used their personal accounts. Kringle (who created the survey) then invited 100 of his online friends to view the page. The school suspended Kringle and the other students who responded to the survey, collected images, or commented on it. The students apologized, but the school would not relent. So, they sued the school district seeking an order prohibiting it from enforcing their suspensions.
Hampton School District v. Carson: Kate Carson, a 12th grade student in the Hampton School District and created an online discussion group with the heading "P.A.S.H." Under the webpage's title, she posted the statement, No No Herpes, We don't want no herpes." Carson claimed in her deposition that "P.A.S.H." was an acronym for "People Against Sluts Herpes," but a classmate, James Peterson, stated that it was an acronym for "People Against Sandy's Herpes," referring to another student at their school and the subject of discussion on the webpage.
A student created an instant message icon showing a pistol firing a bullet at a person's head, above which were dots representing splattered blood, and beneath which were the words, "Kill Mr. Harrison," the student's teacher. That icon was visible to the student's buddies, and he sent messages displaying it to fellow students.