Suppose the school play at Lincoln High this year is Romeo and Juliet. The student cast members decide they would like to do a modern production of the play complete with Little Wayne’s hip-hop-style dialogue and several nude scenes.
The school refuses to allow these changes in the Bard's play. Who should decide – Mrs. Jones, the school principal, or the student Thespians?
– “Reasonable pedagogical concerns.”
The Law College Transcript? (Suppose one of our student reporters wishes to write an article attacking our alumni as generally apathetic and incompetent. Can the Dean spike the story?
How about Angela Guidry, who graduates at the top of her class and is therefore entitled to give a speech at commencement as the class valedictorian. She would like to criticize Congress for cutting welfare and oppressing the poor. Her principal learns of her plans and forbids her to do so?
Or suppose another valedictorian wishes to thank Jesus for his tender mercies? The school says, no, the Establishment Clause and the Wall of Separation do not permit this reference to Jesus.
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