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First Amendment Rights for Students, Too

A bill currently pending in the Oregon State Legislature would protect the First Amendment rights of high school and college student journalists by disallowing administrative censorship for student publications. A similar bill recently passed in the Washington State House of Representatives, and another is under consideration in the state of Illinois. The bills come as a reaction to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’s ruling on Hosty vs. Carter, a decision that reversed previous legal precedents protecting college media from censorship.

3/19/07  Read More from the University of Oregon

Issue: Student Media Culture

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