A Tennessee high school suspended a student for posting memes that made fun of the principal. Lawyers say the school violated the student's free speech rights.
A Tennessee high school student suspended for posting satirical memes about his principal will have the offense scrubbed for the duration of a lawsuit, according to aFIRE filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Tullahoma High School rising senior identified as"I.P." in court filings weeks before, declaring the school's move to suspend a student who posted the content while off-campus violated his First Amendment rights.
In response to the lawsuit, Tullahoma High School also walked back its handbook policies barring"embarrassing" social media photos and posts"unbecoming of a Wildcat [the school's mascot].""We’re glad that the school has taken these corrective actions, but the fight isn’t over," FIRE attorney Conor Fitzpatrick said in the press release.
Fitzpatrick told Fox News last month that criticizing and satirizing people in power has"been as part of American culture since its founding."