Taylor v. Roswell Independent School District

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing the “special characteristics of the school environment where the government has a compelling interest in protecting the educational mission of the school and ensuring student safety”
• finding no free-speech violation under Tinker where the school prohibited the distribution of rubber fetus dolls based on a “strong potential for substantial disruption”
• noting the “special characteristics of the school environment, where the 25 government has a compelling interest in protecting the educational mission of the school 26 and ensuring student safety”
• declining to consider arguments that fail to address the correct legal standard
• “[The] District’s actions were based upon neutral rules of general applicability, [and are] subject to rational basis review.” (citation omitted)
• “The Equal Protection Clause does not forbid classifications. It simply keeps governmental decisionmakers from treating differently persons who are in all relevant respects alike.”

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