Pa. Justices Wrestle With Due Process, Speech Rights for Student Expelled Over Snapchat Memes

The justices appeared to have a hard time focusing the arguments on a single dispositive issue, with both Chief Justice Max Baer and Justice Kevin Dougherty questioning whether the school's potential speech violations or due process violations should be key to their decision.

May 18, 2021 at 04:21 PM

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Education

Max Mitchell
Bureau Chief

The full range of issues currently vexing courts over the intersection of social media and due process rights was on display during a Pennsylvania Supreme Court oral argument May 18 in a case involving a student who was expelled over a meme shared on Snapchat.