Home > Topics > Speech > Student expression   By David L. Hudson Jr. First Amendment scholar For the first time in nearly 20 years the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a pure student free-expression claim in the June 2007 case Morse v. Frederick. However, uncertainty remains over some kinds of student speech. FULL STORY>     Student can pursue challenge of school’s gang-affiliation policy By David L. Hudson Jr. After rejecting a free-speech claim, federal judge finds New York school's policy too broad. 11.18.09   N.J. girl sues after high school bars abortion protest Federal lawsuit claims administrators violated student's free-speech, religious-liberty rights when they said she couldn't participate in Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity. 11.18.09  SEARCH  MORE student expression issues > Clothing, dress codes & uniforms K-12 newspapers & yearbooks Underground papers & off-campus speech Cyberspeech Book censorship Hate speech & speech codes Clubs Pledge of Allegiance in public schools Speaking out in school