Trash-talking your high school teacher on Facebook is constitutionally protected speech
A federal magistrate today ruled that a former Florida high school student suspended after creating a Facebook page to diss her teacher should receive constitutional protection under the First Amendment. The name of the page? "Ms. Sarah Phelps is the worst teacher I've ever met."Share this post
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