Morse v. Frederick Regarding the Morse v Frederick case, the argument put simply is a dispute of where school property and the school environment begin and end. Even though it was argued that the banner was unfurled at a school event, class was released, so the event was rather a public event that happened to be attended by various school staff and students. Another key issue was the issue of the press; the presence of the press likely forced the hand of school administration. Administrators of the school attempted to eliminate a disruption by dealing with the issue of the banner. After the principal requested that Frederick take down his banner, the student refused, and the principal took the banner from him and crumpled it up. This causes an issue of destruction of property as well. The principal clearly used the most restrictive means via this destruction. Additionally, Frederick and his friends unfurled the banner on private property. Class had been released before the event. This dismissal causes this case to differ from Bethel v. Fraser in the way that this did not take place on school property or in a school environment. The only thing that caused the event …show more content…
After requesting that the student take down the banner, he refused and referenced his first amendment rights. Afterwards, the principal took the banner from him (on public property) and crumpled it up. In addition to destroying up the banner, he was suspended by the school. He was given nearly no warning. Even if this event did take place in a school environment, this punishment used the most restrictive means of eliminating his first amendment rights. Furthermore, this event didn’t even take place on school property, so the principal had no right to restrict his rights or silence them in the first