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May 21, 2012
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May 18, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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The Kosher Gourmet by Faith Duran : Cheesy Potato Breakfast Casserole with Cheddar and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
May 16, 2012
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The Kosher Gourmet by Joyce White : GOODNESS GRACIOUS: GREENS! 4 winning recipes that are no longer just for down-home folks (Includes expert tips & techniques)
May 15, 2012
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May 14, 2012
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May 11, 2012
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The Kosher Gourmet by Chef Mario Batali: The famed chef's vegetable dish that tastes true to the season: FAVAS AND SUGAR SNAP PEAS WITH POTATOES AND TARRAGON
May 10, 2012
Sergei L. Loiko: Putin sends warning to U.S., NATO in Victory Day speech at Red Square
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May 9, 2012
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Jewish World Review
Supreme Court to Principals: You have been warned
By
David G. Savage
JewishWorldReview.com |
ASHINGTON (MCT)
School officials were put on notice they can be sued for violating the First Amendment if they discipline students for vulgar and malicious postings on home computers.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down appeals from two Pennsylvania school districts that were successfully sued by students who were suspended for creating mock profiles of their principals as sex addicts or drug users. The students contended their MySpace postings were off-limits to school authorities.
The cases highlighted how social media have blurred the line between on-campus and off-campus speech at schools.
In ruling for the students last year, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said school officials cannot police "off-campus speech" unless they can show it caused a major disruption at school. Based on that standard, the appeals court said the MySpace profiles of the two principals were protected as free speech.
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In one case, an eighth-grade girl posted a mock profile of her principal, with his photo, that called him a "sex addict" who enjoyed "hitting on students" in his office. A district judge described the posting as "vulgar and lewd," but the appeals court saw it differently. "The profile, though indisputably vulgar, was so juvenile and nonsensical that no reasonable person could take its content seriously," the majority said.
In the second case, a high school senior from western Pennsylvania won free-speech protection for a MySpace profile of his principal as a drug user, a "big fag" and a "big whore." In a third case from West Virginia, a girl sued but lost after she was suspended for creating an online site that made fun of another girl as a "slut" who had herpes.
A national coalition of school administrators and counselors had urged the high court to take up the issue because of the legal confusion. The Constitution "does not demand that school officials remain idle in the face of vulgar and malicious attacks," the administrators said.
But without comment, the high court turned away the appeals in all three school cases. Five years ago, in their last school speech case, the justices were closely split on the reach of the school's authority. A 5-4 decision rejected a free-speech claim from a student who was suspended for holding a banner on the sidewalk that said "Bong Hits 4 Jesus."
The court also turned down an appeal that sought to allow a greater use of Christian prayers at county board meetings. The justices let stand a ruling that the Forsyth County, N.C., board violated the First Amendment by opening its sessions with a Christian prayer. The judges agreed the board could open with a nondenominational prayer.
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