BL YBJ Case 2 - M.D. a minor v Morgan Hill Unified School District

Using the workbook "You Be the Judge" pages 10 - 12. Answer the following Questions.
Name: 


  1. Identify the Plaintiff(s) in the case


  1. Identify the Defendant(s) in the case


  1. What is Cinco de Mayo?


  1. What was the school policy regarding bandannas?


  1. What was the school policy regarding wearing American flag clothing?


  1. Explain Vice Principal's Rodriguez's reason for requesting that the students turn their t-shirts inside out.


  1. How long had the students been on school grounds when they were approached by Vice Principal Rodriguez?


  1. Why did the teenagers refuse to turn their American flag t-shirt inside out?


  1. Was there any evidence that the American flag t-shirts were disrupting the classrooms?


  1. Were there any past incidents, like fighting, at the school that stemmed from students wearing the American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo?


  1. Do you agree with the school that wearing an American flag t-shirt on Cinco de Mayo is inappropriate?


  1. Did the students wear American flag clothing on school grounds?
    Yes
    No


  1. Does wearing the American flag clothing fall within the protections afforded under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution as “free speech”?
    Yes
    No


  1. Was there any evidence that the flags actually caused violence at Live Oak High School or disrupted learning at the school?
    Yes
    No


  1. Does the school’s interest to enforce school policies and adequately discipline its students override the importance of the students ‘freedom of speech?
    Yes
    No


  1. If you were judging the case would you be in favor of the Plaintiff or Defendant
    Plaintiff
    Defendant





Mrs. Chang
North Hunterdon Business Instructor
North Hunterdon High School
Annandale, NJ