could you please show me the Age-qualification in the First Amendment?

A social media storm erupted after administrators at a New Jersey high school accused a student of bullying because of anti-Israel comments that she posted on Twitter. They say that the tweets may have violated the state's broad anti-bullying laws.

Bethany Koval, a 16-year-old Israeli Jew, said on Wednesday that she was called to the principal's office at Fair Lawn High School and reprimanded for making tweets criticizing Israel and mentioning that a pro-Israel classmate had unfollowed her on Twitter.


Comment: So where's the real problem? It doesn't seem to exist. Maybe the school administrators need a refresher course in the 1st Amendment.


Administrators warned her that she could face legal consequences for her actions, since New Jersey has some of the strictest anti-bullying legislation in the country. Under the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, which only came into force in 2011, she could be suspended or expelled.

Koval is a prolific Twitter user. She had made over 21,000 tweets and has almost 7,000 followers, many of whom she gained in the last few days. The fiasco that she is the center of has since become a social media sensation.

The outspoken high schooler has been met with both support and opposition online.

When Koval was called down to the principal's office, she began documenting the situation on Twitter.

"I'm about to be exposed for being anti-Israel. Pray for me," she tweeted.

A few minutes later, she tweeted that the administrator threatened to "file a bullying case" against her.

"It's against state law to express unpopular political views on the Internet, now," she tweeted again.

In addition to rebuking her and warning her about legal consequences, the administator searched Koval's phone to make sure that he had not recorded their conversation. The student could be sued if she had, he told her.

The administrator was correct in their assumption; Koval posted videos of the meeting on Twitter. In one recording, Koval can heard telling the administrator that her tweets may have been controversial, but she didn't think they were "problematic."

"Well that's your interpretation," the administrator said. "There's a state law that might interpret it differently."


Comment: Ya maybe, except for that little nuisance known as the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution that guarantees the right of free speech for everyone in the USA.


In a second clip, the administrator can be heard warning her about legal consequences again.

"You can sit there with your smug attitude right now, but if it's got to go into a bullying case because you think it shouldn't be and the state says it is, you're going to lose," he said.

Fair Lawn High School Principal James Marcella told the New York Times that the issue has been referred to the school district's superintendent, Bruce Watson, and that a statement would be released on Thursday afternoon.

Stanley Cohen, a lawyer consulted by Koval's family, said he that doubted that the complaints over her tweets would end up being a legal matter. He said he hoped school officials would looking beyond "the emotion of the moment and say 'Move on, this is no big deal,'" adding that he believes that young people should be encouraged to express their opinions in an academic environment.

http://www.rt.com/usa/328218-new-jersey-bullying-tweets/

No Conrad I will not. If you are interested in following up on it you are more than welcome to read the constitution yourself, and the many, many judicial rulings in place regarding what is meant by the constitution.

Minors also have rights under the U.S. Constitution. Specifically, they have the right to equal protection, which means that every child is entitled to the same treatment at the hands of authority regardless of race, gender, disability, or religion. Children are also entitled to due process, which includes notice and a hearing, before any of their basic rights are taken away by the government. - See more at: http://family.findlaw.com/emancipation-of-minors/what-are-the-legal-rights-of-children.html#sthash.TZeNhmXx.dpuf

After taking a look at your profile, and realizing that you are not (again this is going by your profile) an American citizen, and thus did not have the education I had growing up (Civics specific to the USA), I have decided to go ahead and provide a single link for you in regards to a minors rights being limited... See below:


http://family.findlaw.com/emancipation-of-minors/what-are-the-legal-rights-of-children.html

Hhaa.. There are some distinction.

Miley Cyrus is a whore of Babylon

@bendykoval is a propoganda whore of Palestine

Cyrus is an adult who gets paid to be one.

Koval is a child who is being used as a political pawn.
* And should have all her electronic toys taken away & be suspended or expelled *

future her...

to thine own Self be true!
The Bard!

Actually Conrad you have done no such thing, or you are intentionally ignoring facts and court rulings (as usual). I highly reccomend you stop replying with (you're wrong) every time someone says something you do not agree with because eventually you are going to get enough egg on your face to smother yourself ;-)

OMG,not another "EXPERT" of the Constitution!