School District Won't Punish Students In Nazi Salute Prom Photo Due To First Amendment

[TeamPooka]

11. There's also Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986)

Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986)
In Fraser, a high school student was suspended for giving a speech at a school assembly that included a number of sexual innuendos and double entendres. The Court upheld the suspension, saying: “The schools, as instruments of the state, may determine that the essential lessons of civil, mature conduct cannot be conveyed in a school that tolerates lewd, indecent, or offensive speech and conduct such as that indulged in by this confused boy.” According to Fraser, there is no First Amendment violation when a school punishes, on a viewpoint-neutral basis, a student for “lewd,” “vulgar,” “indecent,” and “plainly offensive” speech during classes, assemblies, or other times when students are forced to listen.

Nazis are not offensive, at least at that school.