On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 09:37:15 -0500, Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
>There have, but most of the suits don't get much publicity. School
>districts also get sued for things like censorship because of what
>students write in student newspapers, slogans on their clothing, lack
>of clothing, etc. etc. But that's only the public schools. In
>private schools there seem to be even less civil rights for students.
Of course not. The Fifth Amendment only applies to the federal
government, and the Fourteenth Amendment only applies to states, and a
private school is neither the federal government nor a state. The
only real restriction on private schools is that a private school
which discriminates on the basis of race will be denied exemption from
income taxation. (It is perfectly legal to operate a school which
discriminates on the basis of race, as long as the school operates on
a non-profit basis.)
(This is starting to drift off topic.)
Kelly
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