MAHANOY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT v. B.L.
March 31, 2021
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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CHILD USA signed onto this amicus brief in support of Plaintiff’s argument that off-campus speech that is neither threatening nor harassing should not be entitled to First Amendment protection. In this case, Plaintiff made non-threatening, non-harassing statements using a social media account while off campus, and she was disciplined in school for that speech. In this brief, Plaintiff argues that the existing standards by which to measure First Amendment protection, namely whether speech will “materially and substantially interfere” with school activities, disproportionately impacts students of color and marginalized student groups. To expand this standard further will result in further discrimination against those groups.

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