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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, Washington, DC. – 1975
In "Goss v. Lopez," the Supreme Court held that students have a right to a free public education, which cannot be taken away by school officials through suspensions, even temporarily, without due process of law. In "Wood v. Strickland," the Court further extended students' rights by ruling that, in the context of school…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems
