Amendment 1

Amendment 1- "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Student Suspended for Facebook Page Can Sue

This article is about a female student getting suspended for expressing her feelings in the internet. She made a facebook, and commented on one of her teachers. It wasnt a threat, it only said that the female student, Katherine Evans, said she didnt like her english teacher. The school prinicipal however found out about this being put on the internet, and suspended Evans for what she had said. Katherine sued the principal for suspending her just because of what she had said about her english teacher.

The connection to the first amendment is that Katherine had freedom of speech to express whatever she feels on the internet. The first amendment states that congress gives the people the freedom of speech. Meaning poeople could say whatever they want without getting in trouble for it. However in this case, Evans did get in trouble by gettung suspended because she wrote that her english teacher was the worst teacher she ever had. To Evans this was as if the first amendment was being taken away from her because she got in trouble. The first amendment should protect her from any trouble because the first amendment gives her the freedom to speak.

I think its dum that a teacher is suspending the student for epxressing herself. It wasnt as if she was threatening the teacher or anything. She just said she didnt like her and thats it. The only reason why they principal suspended her was because the nglish teacher got her feelings hurt or something. They should just talked to Katherine Evans about it instead of suspending her. Katherine should be able to say whatever she wants since she does have the freedom to say whatever she wants. Its clearly stated in the first amendment. And it for sure wasnt cyberbullying. The student didnt call her names or anything. Its wrong for the principal to suspend her, when Katherine has the first amendment by her side.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/education/16student.html?_r=1&ref=first_amendment