Morse V Frederick Case Study

Morse V. Frederick 2007

Lillian Devine

Civics, Semester 2, Period 6
Mr.Pringle
June 2, 2016

Lillian Devine
Mr.Pringle
Civics
June 3, 2016
Morse V Frederick 2007
Section 1-Introduction:
In the trial of Morse V Frederick, a senior by the name of Joseph frederick sued under 42 U.S.C. 1983, the federal civil rights statute, alleging a violation of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. The District Court found no constitutional violation and ruled in favor of Morse. In this case, the system of checks and balances worked; no one branch of government exercised too much power. The legislative branch creates laws which are enforced by the executive branch and then checked by the judicial branch.
Section 2-Background:
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The principal of the school Deborah Morse told Frederick to put away the banner, she was concerned it would seem as if the school was promoting illegal drug use. After frederick refused to take it down, he took the banner from him.. He was suspended from school for ten days. Frederick sued, saying morse violated his first amendment rights.The Court holds otherwise only after laboring to establish two uncontroversial propositions: first, that the constitutional rights of students in school settings are not coextensive with the rights of adults, and second, that deterring drug use by schoolchildren is a valid and terribly important interest. The court ruled that Morse did not violate his rights, the court ruled this while checking the legislative and executive

The the legislative branch, including congress is meant to make the laws. When the Legislative branch created the first amendment , they intended it to protect the basic freedoms of the citizens. Without the First Amendment, religious minorities could be persecuted. The principal carried out the act by taking away the banner from Frederick and suspending him. The executive branch effectively used the legislative branch to prove that it was not violated due to the fact that it was at a school supervised activity.
Reason 2:
The judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the laws. The court made a fair decision that morse was not guilty of violating Frederick by the first amendment,saying The Court agrees with Morse that those who viewed the banner would interpret it as advocating or promoting illegal drug use, in violation of school policy. Since Fredericks' poster was promoting illegal drug use when the justices checked the law made by the legislative branch they saw that it did not go against what was enforced by the executive branch.
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