Morse v. Frederick
Morse v. Frederick This case was presented on December 1, 2006. This concerned a school and a banner that was placed up by a student. It was argued on March 19, 2007, and finally decided on June 25th, 2007. The court case came about when Frederick held up a sign at a school-hosted event that said, 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus'. Bong refers to a marijuana smoking device. Morse, who was the principle at the time, took away the sign and confiscated it. She proceeded to suspend Frederick for ten days from school. Morse justified this by the 'illegal drug use promotion' rule at their school. A student cannot promote using substances that are illegal by law. Frederick proceeded to sue this act using the 42 U.S.C. 1983, which states this violates his First Amendment right to free speech. Frederick challenged this, due to the fact he felt that he was being suppressed by the school he was attendin...