Morse v. Frederick

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Morse v. Frederick is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited student free speech rights in public schools by allowing educators to restrict messages reasonably viewed as promoting illegal drug use.

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Morse v. Frederick canonical 2
Frederick v. Morse 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
landmark student speech case
areaOfLaw constitutional law
education law
aroseInCity Juneau
aroseInState Alaska
concernsInstitution Juneau-Douglas High School
concernsLegalIssue First Amendment to the United States Constitution
surface form: First Amendment

school authority over student speech
student free speech rights
concernsLevelOfEducation public high school
concernsTopic drug-related student speech
concurrenceBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Samuel A. Alito Jr.
surface form: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted First Amendment to the United States Constitution
decisionType majority opinion
dissentBy David H. Souter
John Paul Stevens
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen G. Breyer
distinguishedFrom Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
eventContext Olympic torch relay near Juneau-Douglas High School
hasArgumentDate March 19, 2007
hasCitation 551 U.S. 393
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States
hasDecisionDate June 25, 2007
hasDocketNumber No. 06-278
hasPetitioner Deborah Morse
hasRespondent Joseph Frederick
holding School officials may restrict student speech at a school event when the speech is reasonably viewed as promoting illegal drug use.
The First Amendment does not require schools to tolerate student expression that advocates illegal drug use at school-supervised events.
impact narrowed the scope of student free speech protections in public schools
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
keyPhraseInDispute BONG HiTS 4 JESUS
legalStandardApplied reasonably viewed as promoting illegal drug use
lowerCourtHolding The Ninth Circuit held that the school violated Frederick's First Amendment rights.
majorityBy John G. Roberts Jr.
surface form: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
majorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
John G. Roberts Jr.
surface form: John G. Roberts, Jr.

Samuel A. Alito Jr.
surface form: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
originatedFromCase Morse v. Frederick self-linksurface differs
surface form: Frederick v. Morse
originatedFromCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
relatedPrecedent Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
speechLocation school-supervised event
supremeCourtActionOnLowerCourt reversed
voteSplit 5-4

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Morse v. Frederick originatedFromCase Morse v. Frederick self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Frederick v. Morse