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Are Students Canaries In The Free-Speech Coal Mine?

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Inside the First Amendment

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By Charles C. Haynes
First Amendment Center senior scholar

After 12 years of censorship and regimentation, many high school students will graduate this spring with little or no idea about what it means to be a free, active and engaged citizen in a democracy.

When they march across the stage to get their diploma, let’s hope someone slips them a copy of the First Amendment — with instructions on how…

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