Philip Malloy First Amendment Rights

Students and children have limited first amendment rights which at times subjects them to unfair treatment . Students have also fought for their rights, and few have won, but the one that have succeeded have breathed new life into students rights. An example of this is in a fiction book called Nothing But the Truth. A boy named Philip Malloy found himself fighting for his rights after singing the national anthem in a disrespectful manner during his class, which caused a major disturbance. I don’t agree with Philip’s behavior, but his case is interesting because I doubt an adult would have similar consequences.
One reason why Philip had limited rights was that Philip can’t sing the national anthem during the morning announcements in his homeroom …show more content…
For an example on ala.org page 2 paragraph 1 “Students in public schools, therefore, do have rights under the First Amendment”This statement proves that Students in public schools have first amendment rights secondly in ala.org page 2 paragraph 1 a quote states “the court ordered a public school to allow students to wear black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War”The supreme court of the US ordered a public school to protest the vietnam war by wearing black armbands which is a first amendment right. Thirdly on ala.org page 2 paragraph 2 ”The courts also explicitly have held that minors’ First Amendment rights include the right to receive information.”Yet again the supreme court stated another right that students have, the right to receive information. Next is on aclum.org page 2 paragraph 1 a qoute says that “School officials cannot stop a demonstration simply because they don't like its message.”The school Officials can’t stop students from doing a demonstration just because they don’t like the message. Plus aclum.org stated on page 2 paragraph 4 “Congress passed the Equal Access Act in 1984. This made it unlawful for school authorities to ban certain student-initiated groups (including religious ones) from meeting after school if school facilities are available to other student-run groups.”Therefore schools can’t ban student-initiated groups and religious groups form having or making meeting after school.Finally on aclum.org page 2 paragraph 6 this quote says “Do I have to say the Pledge of Allegiance? No. You can remain quietly seated -- but you cannot disrupt the proceedings.”Students aren’t required to sign the pledge of allegiance which is a freedom of speech law and US citizen has the right to do