First Amendment freedoms facilitate proactive conversations, progress

Anjali Noel Ramesh • November 6, 2019

Students utilize their First Amendment freedoms to generate change in their communities, using their voices to promote positive progress.

Protection of First Amendment rights under scrutiny

Multiple Authors • January 31, 2018

With hate speech particularly under fire in recent years, the limits of the First Amendment get called into question.

Morse v. Frederick limits students’ freedom speech

Will Cover • January 29, 2018

At the heart of Morse v. Frederick lies the First Amendment question over whether schools can limit students' freedom of speech.

30 years later ‘Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier’ still impacts student speech

George Frey • January 29, 2018

Nearly 20 years after the decision of Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, RBHS students reflect upon the monumental court decision regarding the First Amendment rights of high school students.

Supreme Court ruling defines student led prayer

Bailey Stover • January 27, 2018

Students' First Amendment rights have long been controversial in the U.S. with debates ranging from what they can say to what they can pray. Numerous Supreme Court cases established precedents on such issues. Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe (2000) tackled the topic of student led prayer in school.

Can you remember the 5 protections in the First Amendment?

Cam Fuller • January 21, 2018

We asked RBHS students and faculty if they could remember the five protections provided by the 1st amendment.

New bill promotes student journalist rights

Ji-Ho Lee • March 2, 2016

While the Constitution grants American citizens certain rights, some of these rights, like the freedom of press, have specific restrictions. A new bill would reverse these limitations in the state of the Missouri.

Controversy over ‘Melissa Click’ video misses key issues

Jenna Liu • November 13, 2015

These past few days have been a time of reflection. As a high school student living in Columbia, Missouri whose parents both work on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus, I have a personal connection...

Pennsylvania school faces First Amendment controversy

Trisha Chaudhary • November 19, 2013

When Congress added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution, the very first amendment granted people the freedom of speech, among other things. Throughout history America has seen the constant struggle...

Student’s arrest for controversial rap challenges free speech

Urmilla Kuttikad • May 23, 2013

Westboro Baptist Church, based in Kansas, frequently pickets military funerals in an attempt to convey its belief that all tragedies - including military deaths - are caused by an increasing tolerance...

Flipping the bird puts First Amendment freedom to the test

Raj Satpathy • February 12, 2013

Every single citizen in the United States should be aware of our “inalienable rights.” The supreme law of the land, the Constitution, guarantees certain privileges to everybody in the United States,...

Lawsuit questions privacy of Facebook

Kirsten Buchanan • March 11, 2012

“What’s on your mind?” Facebook prompted a 12-year-old girl in Minnesota in early 2011 before she posted her status. She typed her thoughts indicating she “hated” a hall monitor who was “mean”...