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Case Study: Snappytown V. Knight

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In the case Snappytown v. Knight, the court finds in favor of Kayla Knight 4. There are two reasons why we believe Kayla Knight‘s actions are protected by the 1st Amendment.
First, The first amendment protects most speech that is passive and including unpopular or controversial opinions. The school has no right to silence these students. The right of the press applies both in and out of school. The principle has violated the first amendment. He has overextended his reach by censoring 2 whole pages of the paper including articles that were in no way controversial. An old case decided in 1969 actually ties in with this case, “passive expression of opinion, unaccompanied by any disorder or disturbance on the part of petitioners. There is

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