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J U S T I C E N O W:
You Be the Judge

Here are the results of this poll:

Who was right?
In whose favor do you think the court decided -
The student editors or the school district?

A	B	C	D	E

Response # of votes % of vote
A The school district pays the bills, so they are the publisher. They can take anything they want out of the school newspaper. 1348 32%
B The students should be willing to take out any potentially ''offensive'' articles. 1284 30%
C Under certain circumstances, it's okay for the principal to remove articles from the newspaper. 1299 31%
D The students are protected by the 1st Amendent of the U.S. Constitution. When the principal took out those articles, he violated their freedom of speech rights. 82 2%
E This is censorship! Plain and simple. The students should test their 1st Amendment rights by printing some articles that will reallyá''worry'' the principal! 33 1%
Total: 4241 100%

	Response	# of votes	% of vote
A	The school district pays the bills, so they are the publisher. They can take anything they want out of the school newspaper.	1348	32%
B	The students should be willing to take out any potentially ''offensive'' articles.	1284	30%
C	Under certain circumstances, it's okay for the principal to remove articles from the newspaper.	1299	31%
D	The students are protected by the 1st Amendent of the U.S. Constitution. When the principal took out those articles, he violated their freedom of speech rights.	82	2%
E	This is censorship! Plain and simple. The students should test their 1st Amendment rights by printing some articles that will reallyá''worry'' the principal!	33	1%
	Total:	4241	100%

What happened in court?
The court sided with the school district stating the school district could remove the articles from the student newspaper.
Bottom line: Because the school district pays the bills for publishing the newspaper, they take on the role of publisher. And just like "real" world, commercial newspapers, publishers have 100% control over the content of their papers. They can put in or take out whatever they want.
Case closed? Case closed!

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