The Insite - Justice Now: You Be The Judge

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?

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@letters[$ans] @questions[$ans-1] $votes $percent%\n"; } print "
Total: $count\n 100%

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	Total:	$count\n	100%

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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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