Student Rights and the Supreme Court

Did the Kentucky statute which required a posting of the Ten Commandments in every classroom violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?
The Court ruled that the Kentucky statute violated the Establishment clause because it served no secular legislative purpose and had a plainly religious purpose.

Did the search violate the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments?
The Court ruled that school officials only need reasonable cause/suspicion to initiate a search of a student's possessions.

Does the First Amendment prevent a school district from disciplining a high school student for giving a lewd speech at a high school assembly?
The Court ruled that school officials can prohibit the use of vulgar and offensive language. The Court distinguished between political speech (protected) and vulgar/lewd speech (not protected).

Did the principal's deletion of the articles violate the students' rights under the First Amendment?
The Court ruled that school authorities can censor "school-sponsored" speech, such as school newspapers.

Was Westside's prohibition against the formation of a Christian club consistent with the Establishment Clause, thereby rendering the Equal Access Act unconstitutional?
The Court ruled that the Equal Access Act did not violate the First Amendment and that the school was not justified in denying the formation of a Christian club. Has been frequently used by Court to defend students' right to form Gay-Straight Alliances.

Does the inclusion of clergy who offer prayers at official public school ceremonies violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?
The Court ruled that prayer offered at official public school ceremonies violated the Establishment Clause because it creates a state-sponsored and state-directed religious exercise in a public school.

Does random drug testing of high school athletes violate the reasonable search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment?
The Court ruled that random drug testing of student athletes did not violate a student's fourth amendment rights.

Does the Santa Fe Independent School District's policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at football games violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?
The Court ruled that student-led, student-initiated prayer at football games did violate the First Amendment because football game prayers were public speech authorized by a government policy and taking place on government property at government-sponsored school-related events.

Is the Student Activities Drug Testing Policy, which requires all students who participate in competitive extracurricular activities to submit to drug testing, consistent with the Fourth Amendment?
The Court ruled that drug testing of students who participate in extracurricular activities did NOT violate the Fourth Amendment.

Does the First Amendment allow public schools to prohibit students from displaying messages promoting the use of illegal drugs at school-supervised events?
The Court ruled that public schools can prohibit students from displaying messages promoting the use of illegal drugs. While students have some right to political speech, that right does not extend to pro-drug messages that may undermine a school's important mission to discourage drug use.

Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit school officials from strip searching students suspected of possessing drugs in violation of school policy?
The Court ruled that strip searching of students is dependent on the facts of a case. If the school authority has reasonable cause to suspect something, they may authorize a strip search of a student.