Home > Topics > Speech > Student expression   By David L. Hudson Jr. First Amendment scholar For the first time in nearly 20 years the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a pure student free-expression claim in the June 2007 case Morse v. Frederick. However, uncertainty remains over some kinds of student speech. FULL STORY>     Calif. bill would protect teachers defending student speech By Melanie Bengtson But University of California system says it would be unlikely to obey S.B. 1370 if it passes. 06.30.08   N.J. principal cuts off salutatorian's graduation speech Jennifer Chau 'was regressing beyond what we worked with her on, and that's the end of it,' administrator says in defending decision to end unapproved remarks. 06.23.08 Last system update: Friday, July 4, 2008 | 09:54:09  SEARCH  MORE student expression issues > Clothing, dress codes & uniforms K-12 newspapers & yearbooks Underground papers & off-campus speech Cyberspeech Book censorship Hate speech & speech codes Clubs Pledge of Allegiance in public schools Speaking out in school