School Law

Question 0

5 purposes of law:

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1) Preservation of the public peace and safety
2) Settlement of individual disputes
3) Maintenance of security and expectations
4) Resolution of conflicting social interests

Question 1

most school law cases can be categorized into 4 types:

Answer 1

1) student rights
2) teacher rights
3) religion
4) freedom of speech

Question 2

Authority power paradigm (power is POSITIONAL):

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hierarchy of positional power:
school board
superintendent
principal
teacher
student

Question 3

Yoder vs Wisconsin

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students must be in school until age 16

social interest dispute

Question 4

Tinker vs DesMoines

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1969: first student rights case to win in favor of the student

Question 5

A law translates policy into

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action

Question 6

judicial diffidence

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“not your/my business”

Question 7

fundamental right =

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constitutional right

Question 8

if 2000 cases go to the Supreme Court, how many are heard?

Answer 8

10%= 200 are heard

Question 9

Article 1 (first amendment to the constitution)

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freedom of speech
freedom to assemble
freedom of religion

Question 10

penumbra

Answer 10

The right of freedom of expression is covered under the penumbra doctrine.
The doctrine was fist used in a privacy issue case.
Literally means “shadowed, as in an eclipse” (astronomy)