A High-School Cheerleader, the Supreme Court, and the First Amendment – The New Yorker

Category: First Amendment

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In 2017, Brandi Levy, a junior-varsity cheerleader at Mahanoy Area High School, in Pennsylvania, was denied a spot on the schools varsity squad. That weekend,off campus, Levy posted a furious, profanity-filled photo and message about the decision on Snapchat. A student who saw the message showed a screenshot to her motherthe cheer coach. Levy was barred from cheerleading for the rest of the year. The A.C.L.U. helped Levys parents file suit against the school in federal court, claiming that Brandis First Amendment right to free speech had been curtailed. Last week, four years after that pivotal snap, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. Jeannie Suk Gersenjoins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss this contentious case and what it means for free speech in the digital age.

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