diff --git a/education/political science/Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier.md b/education/political science/Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier.md index 42fde4c..0ade862 100644 --- a/education/political science/Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier.md +++ b/education/political science/Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-hazelwood-v-kuhlmeier https://www.oyez.org/cases/1987/86-836 -- The case was over the constitutional right to freedom of the press, +- The case was over the constitutional right to freedom of the press, and whether or not the school had a right to censor a school paper. - Students at hazelwood east high school wrote articles in the school newspaper about teen pregnancy, and the impact of divorce. - When the articles were published in a school sponsored newspaper, the principal deleted the pages that contained the stories prior to publication without telling the students. - The students took their case to a District Court in St. Louis, and the trial court ruled that the school had the authority to remove those articles.