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Case #2 - You Be The Judge - 1st Amendment & Freedom of Speech
Answer the following Questions.
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- Identify the Plaintiff(s) in the case
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- Identify the Defendant(s) in the case
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- What is Cinco de Mayo?
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- What was the school policy regarding bandannas?
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- What was the school policy regarding wearing American flag clothing?
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- Explain Vice Principal Rodriquez's reason for requesting that the students turn their t-shirts inside out?
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- How long had the students been on school grounds when they were approached by Vice Principal Rodriquez?
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- Why did the teenagers refuse to turn their American flag t-shirts inside out?
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- Was there any evidence that the American flag t-shirts were disrupting the classrooms?
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- Were there any past incidents, like fighting, at the school that stemmed from the students wearing the American flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo?
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- Do you agree with the school that wearing an American flag t-shirt on Cinco de Mayo is inappropriate?
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- Did the students wear the American flag clothing on school grounds?
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- Does wearing the American flag clothing fall within the protections afforded under the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution as "free speech"?
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- Was there any evidence that the flags actually caused violence at Live Oak High School or disrupted learning at the school?
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- Does the school's interest to enforce school policies and adequately discipline its students override the importance of the students' freedom of speech?
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- YOU BE THE JUDGE
Having reviewed the case and considered the questions involved, decide the case for either the Plaintiff or the Defendant:
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- If you were judging the case would you be in favor of the Plaintiff or Defendant?
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