LAWSUIT: Student suspended after posting memes
Today, a 17-year-old rising senior represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sued his Tennessee public high school after the principal suspended him for posting memes lampooning the principal for being overly serious.
“The First Amendment bars public school employees from acting as a 24/7 board of censors,” said FIRE attorney Conor Fitzpatrick. “As long as a student’s posts do not substantially disrupt school, what teens post on social media on their own time is between them and their parents, not the government.”
FIRE’s lawsuit names Tullahoma City Schools, Principal Jason Quick, and Assistant Principal Derrick Crutchfield as defendants and seeks to remove the suspension from the student’s record and halt enforcement of the school’s vague policies.
“Administrators cannot wield vague social media policies to punish nondisruptive, off-campus satire,” said FIRE attorney Harrison Rosenthal. “Principal Quick suspended a student over playful memes — but he can’t suspend the First Amendment.”
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and sustaining the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought — the most essential qualities of liberty. FIRE educates Americans about the importance of these inalienable rights, promotes a culture of respect for these rights, and provides the means to preserve them.
FIRE is assisted in this case by local counsel Darrick O’Dell of Spicer Rudstrom PLLC.
-
59:04
Donald Trump Jr.
9 hours agoRevolver News is Breaking the Biggest Stories, Interview with Darren Beattie | TRIGGERED Ep.160
117K233 -
58:32
The StoneZONE with Roger Stone
3 hours agoMedia Hides the REAL Kamala While Millions Laundered Into Her Campaign | The StoneZONE w Roger Stone
19.2K3 -
1:05:38
Patriots With Grit
3 hours agoIs Free Energy In Your Future? Will Hidden Patents Be Released? | Larry Ballard
18.9K6 -
24:53
Chrissy Clark
4 hours agoKamala’s TOP VP Pick Accused Of Covering Up Harassment
27.3K18 -
1:43:35
2 MIKES LIVE
3 hours ago2 MIKES LIVE #97 DEEP DIVE MONDAY
34.5K1 -
10:36
Adam Does Movies
4 hours agoThese People Need To STOP SPOILING Movies!
32.5K8 -
LIVE
Tommy's Podcast
6 hours agoE501: Drewbob PMC
469 watching -
1:56:23
Revenge of the Cis
7 hours agoEpisode 1356: Not Welcome
74K12 -
33:08
Kimberly Guilfoyle
7 hours agoKamala’s Media Honeymoon, Plus Secret Service Owes us Answers, Live with Tim Murtaugh & Joe Kent | Ep. 145
54.9K33 -
1:17:39
Redacted News
7 hours agoBREAKING BOMBSHELL! DEEP STATE RUNNING WHITE HOUSE PUSHING EXECUTIVE ORDERS | Redacted News
139K395