In the article called, Sophomoric speech is free speech, too, I believe the intended audience is students, first of all, because the article immediately jumped out at me as something that related to me and something I am interested in. It is also intended for those who have not allowed or wanted students to express their opinions because they believed they shouldn’t be allowed to. The author of this article is Ken Paulson and he is the president of the Newseum and First Amendment Center and is a former editor of USA TODAY. The author claims that even when kids are in school they still have the right to free speech under the Bill of Rights, which includes expressing their opinion of their teacher or their school using the internet. His main evidence for this claim was a Supreme Court case where the court said that public school students were allowed to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam War, because it was their First Amendment right to do so. His logic is one that follows the law as it was written and as it applies to everyone. If the students make any threats or say anything illegal that is when they should be punished by the law or the school. If that is not the case then the punishment should be left to the parents. I agree with the author, because I believe that as Americans we have the right to express ourselves, even if we are still in school. If there is a teacher that is not doing their job, students should be able to complain about it. In my opinion, free speech should always be upheld because it is a very important constitutional right, unless there is some other very important, compelling governmental interest.
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