ORDER IN THE COURT

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ORDER IN THE COURT!

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir

Kaitlyn B. and Kea S.
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Introduction

• High school students on the journalism staff at
  Hazelwood filed suit in Federal District Court
  because they felt their First Amendment rights
  were being taken away from them when the school
  officials would not publish their articles on
  pregnancy and divorce.

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Case details

• Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeir
• No. 86-836
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Argued October 13, 1987
• Decided January 13, 1988

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Who was involved in the case

• Respondents Three former students At Hazelwood
  East High School.(Part of the Journalism I staff)
• Principal Robert E. Reynolds

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The First Amendment

• Congress shall make no law respecting an
  establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
  free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom
  of speech, or of the press or the right of the
  people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
  Government for a redress of grievances.

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Right or wrong?

• Did the principal violate the First Amendment
  rights of the journalists?
• No, the principals rejection of the articles did
  not violate their First amendment rights.
  Administrators have the right to check over
  students copy to make sure it is not offensive or
  libel in any way.

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Conclusion

• The Supreme Court was in favor with principal
  Reynolds, stating that the two articles were
  classified as inappropriate. The article on teen
  pregnancy invaded the privacy of students and the
  article on divorce was unfair because only the
  students views were being told when the parents
  should have been able to voice their opinions.
  The principal did not violate the freedom of the
  press in any way.

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Bibliography

• www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/hazelwo
  od.html
• www.enotes.com/supreme-court-drama/hazelwood-schoo
  l-district-v-kuhlmeier
• www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp.id4721
• www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987_86_836