The first amendment to the Constitution is dear to Americans. After all, it spells out the most important freedoms available to citizens of the United States of America. These freedoms, however, seem to be getting too restricted in public schools. The Constitution states that “it guarantees freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely” (“First Amendment”). Also, the landmark Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines ruled that “students do not ‘shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate’” (Wheeler). However, public schools are restricting individuals’ freedoms given by the first amendment.
