Morse V. Frederick Case Summary

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The Morse V. Frederick case was started on January 24, 2002 when the student Joseph Frederick made a controversial banner that said “Bong Hits 4 Jesus”. Frederick’s banner was promoting the use of illegal drugs. The people involved were Joseph Frederick who was a senior at Juneau Douglas High School and Deborah Morse who was the school principal. Frederick refused to take down his banner which caused the questioning of his First Amendment Rights. A case that the Court of Appeals cited was the Tinker v. Des Moines. The issue was, “Should a principal restrict student speech at a public school event when that speech can reasonably be viewed as promoting illegal drug use?”, they said yes it’s conservative. Justice said that the 1st Amendment rights