re: Parkway High (La.) Sends Letter Out Stating All Players Must Stand For The Anthem

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So let's say a teacher decides to speak to his or her class on the fundamentals of Islam and all that is right with it. Would the school and board have any grounds to reprimand the teacher in this instance.

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Now I really think you are trolling.

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Shaun King

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Pretty sure he once posted here under the username "Afreaux".

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This is a violation of the player's 1st amendment rights

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So a student can say and do anything that pleases them at school? This is news to literally everyone.

Yeah, that is unconstitutional. It's almost as if we don't value freedom of speech. Both sides of the political spectrum are guilty of trying to suppress the speech of which they disagree. The link below is the case that would apply.

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

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So a student can say and do anything that pleases them at school? This is news to literally everyone.

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From the Poli Board:

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It's an interesting situation for sure. On one hand, you have Tinker which is the gold standard for free speech in public school. Tinker held that a school may not punish students for expressing their political opinions unless it threatens or harasses other students or disrupts the normal flow of the school day. Obviously, kneeling at a football game does neither. However, there is a laundry list of cases out there that have held that participation in an extracurricular is obviously not a right and, therefore, requiring athletes to submit to drug tests did not violate their 4th Amendment rights.

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What constitutes a violation of the 1st amendment? Can I decide by protest, not to fight fire today? Am I protected under the 1st amendment?

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Your constitutional rights only protect private citizen action from government consequence.

If you work for a municipality and refuse to carry out the expectations of your work, you cannot shield yourself behind Constitutional rights. This was basically the case with the Kentucky Clerk that was refusing to give marriage certificates to the gays.

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So a student can say and do anything that pleases them at school? This is news to literally everyone.

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Tinker says yes, as long as it is not disruptive to school activities.

The Tinker case is the landmark about expression but as you quoted, students have limited speech rights, for example, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier.

TLO v New Jersey is the precedent in regards to administration and police searching without a warrant. Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995)is the case about drug tests.

This situation, however, is pretty clear-cut. The superintendent is in the wrong, constitutionally speaking.

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Tinker says yes, as long as it is not disruptive to school activities.

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Having Political arguments during school when the country is perfectly divided seems pretty disruptive to school.

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This situation, however, is pretty clear-cut. The superintendent is in the wrong, constitutionally speaking.

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I think your ultimate result will be correct but I don't think its clear cut. The big wrench is that football is an extraciricular and the Court has drawn a hardline between school consequences and prohibiting a student from participating in an extraciricular as it concerns other Constititional rights. If Parkway was threatening players with school consequences like detention/suspension, then I'd agree with you.