Morse v. Frederick

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

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🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In 2002, a student held up a banner that said “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” at an Olympic torch relay, in full view of his classmates and teachers. When he was suspended, he claimed his banner was protected free speech under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court disagreed. In this episode, your hosts discuss the contours of student free speech, the Court’s puritanical moralizing on marijuana, and the importance of absurdist speech in creating real change.

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0:00.0	We'll hear argument first today in case 06278 Morse versus Frederick.
0:05.3	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologg Projects.
0:11.6	On today's episode, Peter, Riannan and Michael are talking about the free speech rights of
0:16.4	students.
0:17.4	In 2007, the court ruled in Morse v. Frederick that a high school principal had the right
0:22.2	to suspend a student for holding a provocative sign during a school-sponsored outing.
0:27.0	As the symbolic torch was carried through Juneau, Alaska on its way to the 2002 Olympics,
0:32.4	Douglas student Joe Frederick unfurled this banner, bonkits for Jesus.
0:38.0	The case created a precedent that allows schools to punish students for speech even when
0:42.2	they are not disrupting academic activities.
0:44.7	The case also says a lot about whose free speech Supreme Court really cares about.
0:49.5	I find it absurdly funny.
0:51.2	I was not promoting drugs.
0:52.9	I assumed most people would take it as a joke.
0:56.6	This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:04.9	Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have, like a
1:10.6	mighty river, wound their way over the great rock of our liberty, reducing it over many
1:14.8	years to a canyon of despair.
1:16.9	I am Peter.
1:18.9	I'm here with Michael.
1:20.6	Hey everybody.
1:21.6	And Riannan.
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