A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that elementary school students have First Amendment protections, reviving a lawsuit brought on behalf of a Southern California first grader who was allegedly ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that elementary school students have First Amendment protections, reviving a lawsuit brought ...

A California first-grader was punished for a drawing she made at school, resulting in a federal lawsuit that probes whether the First Amendment extends to the first-grade classroom. B.B. then gave the ...

A federal appeals court handed an elementary school student a significant win this week for her free speech rights in the classroom, vacating a lower court’s ruling that had placed her speech rights ...

So holds a Ninth Circuit panel, though reinforcing the Ninth Circuit's view that allegedly "derogatory and injurious remarks," including political speech, "directed at students' minority status" can ...

Can a "schoolyard dispute" warrant federal court intervention? Do first-graders have First Amendment rights? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit just gave a resounding yes to both questions.