The Importance Of The First Amendments In Schools

The first amendment states that there can’t be any law made that takes away the peoples right of speak and posting press on topics. This amendment is the reason you are able to protest and speak your mind on any subject. There are many things that this amendment protects your natural rights with, but as always there has to be boundaries. These boundaries are needed because without them other peoples natural rights might be getting taken away. Some people may believe that anyone should be able to say anything they want, or post press about anything they feel, but I believe that like everything there should be a limit. The first amendment states there is “the right of the people peaceably to assemble,” which means that you can have a protest or say things that you feel are right as long as it is peaceful and nobodies natural rights are taken away. On February 24, 1969, the first amendment was put to the test in the Tinker v. Des Moines
Fraser case. This case came up after a student named Matthew Fraser was suspended being he gave a speech at a school assembly to nominate another student to be in the class government, the speech he gave however was highly obscene. The student sued and pleaded that the school had taken away the right to the first amendment. The school ended up winning because they hadn’t taken his first amendment rights and the first amendment doesn't take away the schools ability to “disciplin(e) a student for using speech that is lewd of indecent” (Your). I think that this is the right amount of limitations because this student was being inappropriate and saying obscene things about another student in front of the entire school and the school was just trying to keep control of the student. If the school hadn’t suspended the student then all the other kids at the school would think its okay to do that which would make an even bigger