Notes on Law/Ethics

1. What are the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment?-Freedom Of Speech
-Freedom Of Press
-Freedonm Of Religion
-Freedom Of Assembly
-Freedom Of Petition
2. What is the Tinker Standard?Students wanted to protest the vietnam war, so they asked if they could wear black arm bands to school. The principle said no, but the students did it anyway. So the school suspended the students. Then the students sued the school. (First ruling for the students that said as long as they are not disrupting anyone or causing a distraction.) 1969

3. What is the Frasier Standard?A kid was running for class president and went up to make his speech and he useds ton of sexual refrences. The school said it was completely innapropriate. So, the school said that wasn't allowed so Frasier sued. The court ruled in favor of the school. They said that things can not be said that are vulgar or cruel to others. 1986

4. What is the Hazelwood Standard?An example of this would be a girl who is pregnant puts her photo in the yearbook. The school doesn't like how that reflects their school so they say they can only use face photos now. This is why we have to get t-shirts approved because the school does not want to be associated with things they do not believe/stand for.1988 (Principal took magazine article that students wrote about pregnancy and threw them out, so students sued)

5. What is the Frederick Standard?January 2002, Olympic torch traveled through town. Principal Morse cancels school. Senior Frederick unveils banner on the sidewalk across the street which reads, "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" Principle gets very angry and suspends them. (Ruling is that the Supreme court ruled in favor of the school. It was a "school authorized field trip", so you were still technically at school.)

6. What is the definition of libel?
Libel refers to visual or written statements, while slander refers to verbal statements.
-Statement that hurts someones reputation
-Untrue statement that becomes printed or published