Comments on: Disciplined for blogging?

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:31:16 +0000

robert:

Part of me wishes they would defend the second amendment with equal zeal, but on the other hand, there’s no shortage of organizations willing to do that. Apart from the ACLU, what prominent organization defends the first?

By: robert

robert — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:13:51 +0000

Lordy, don’t you wish the ACLU would wake up one morning and decide to freaking BE the ACLU? And then defend the SECOND amendment like this?

By: Steve Ramsey

Steve Ramsey — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:32:03 +0000

Any private individual, group, or entity, including businesses and corperations can silence you all they wish.
Why?
Because it’s well established that the first amendment covers government supression of free speach.

Since it’s a public school, a government entity, it would appear that the student has a leg to stand on. This of course if the student is being punshed for the speech, and not the misuse of the schools computing rescources in violation of some written policy.

By: cube

cube — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:28:01 +0000

If i can get fired at work for posting on my blog, i can see the connection between him getting displined for posting on a blog…IF he did it from school.

It will really depend on where he posted from, and if he did post from the school, what their internet policy was.

Of course if he posted this from home, he can tell the school what to do with itself all day long, and I would defend his right to do so.

Of course, I would also have not problem with his parent beating him down if they wanted to, most kids these days need a good beating.

By: _Jon

_Jon — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:27:56 +0000

IMO, regardless of his use of school computers, it is unlawful for a public school to discipline a student for a legally protected activity.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:43:08 +0000

It was a live journal blog. I assume you’re wondering if he used the school’s internet connection.

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:39:03 +0000

So it seems like a key issue here is whether the entry was on an account provided by the school. The article doesn’t make clear whether or not the account was on a computer belonging to the school.