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In the case of Snappytown v. Knight, we disagree with the majority opinion and believe the court should have found in favor of Snappytown school district.
There are two reasons why we believe Kayla Knight's actions are not protected by the 1st Amendment. First, All amendments have limits and on school grounds, the school can decide what they are. It can set boundaries of, clothing, the way students express themselves and, what they publish in the school paper. It is their paper so if the school doesn't want to endorse or have the newspaper reflect on the school, it should be able to censor areas of their paper. Second, Obscenity is not protected by the 1st amendment, therefore the school has the right to censor obscene articles from the

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