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Justice Stephen Breyer on the Importance of Civics Education

We the People

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You Can't Say What You Want in School

Justice Breyer wrote one of the most important free speech decisions about school speech in the history of the Supreme Court. He said a cheerleader on Snapchat could curse because it was important for students to learn to be good citizens. "We did think she had a right to go and express herself in not a very nice way, but nonetheless," he added.

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