When school principal Robert Reynolds censored two articles from the student newspaper at Hazelwood East High School, three journalism students brought a lawsuit under the First Amendment.

Under what circumstances can schools limit student speech? Prof. Nadine Strossen of New York Law School discusses limited public forums, school-sponsored speech, and editorial control in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier.

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Learn more about Nadine Strossen:
https://www.nyls.edu/faculty/nadine-strossen/

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Related Links & Differing Views:

Student Press Law Center: “25 years later, a look at one generation under Hazelwood”
https://splc.org/2013/01/25-years-lat...

Fordham Urban Law Journal: “Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier and the University”
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/vie... 

Maine Law Review: “The State Response to Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier”
https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine...

Duke Law Journal: “Comments: Hazelwood School District and the Role of First Amendment Institutions”
https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/...

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development: “Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier: Has the Schoolhouse Gate Shut on the Marketplace of Ideas?”
https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/c...

West Virginia Law Review: “Hazelwood East School District v. Kuhlmeier: The Death of No Prior Restraint in an Official High School Newspaper”
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/cg...