L1 Yearbooks, The Law and You, First Amendment

The First Amendment protects individuals from action taken by government officials and private citizens.

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The Hazelwood ruling limits the rights of student journalists.

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• False

Legally allowing an action does not necessarily make it the right thing to do.

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• False

The goal of the First Amendment is to balance a person’s right to speak and publish while simultaneously protecting the rights of others.

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• False

In the Supreme Court case Tinker vs. Des Moines (1969), the court ruled that school officials must show that student speech would materially disrupt the educational environment before censoring or suppressing it.

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• False

In Dean v. Utica in 2004, the court in the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that if schools establish their student media as designated forums for student expression, school officials have more ability to censor and control content.

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• False

Three of the seven key ethics points of the NSPA Model Code of Ethics are to be accurate, honest and get the story first.

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• False