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Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Analyzes Arkansas case wherein the Eighth Circuit held 6-5 that letter written by seventh-grade student threatening violence against his former girl friend was not protected by the First Amendment even though a friend took the letter from student's home without his knowledge and gave it to the girl. Upheld board's decision to expel student.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Discipline, Expulsion, Freedom of Speech
