Court rules first graders have First Amendment rights in Black Lives Matter dispute

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A federal appeals court has ruled that First Amendment free speech rights apply all the way down to first graders, as the judges weighed in on a tricky case involving a student who wrote a note to a Black classmate trying to say "all lives matter."

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Court rules first graders have First Amendment rights in Black Lives Matter dispute
The Washington Times stories: Politics

Court rules first graders have First Amendment rights in Black Lives Matter dispute

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A federal appeals court has ruled that First Amendment free speech rights apply all the way down to first graders, as the judges weighed in on a tricky case involving a student who wrote a note to a Black classmate trying to say "all lives matter."