Constitutional Rights Case Study

Jessica, was an 18-year-old who committed suicide on July 3, 2008. One of Logan’s nude photos from sexting was dispersed amongst her peers and the whole school through email (Celizic, 2009). She immediately asked for help to get out of the hole she dug herself into. After meeting with the guidance counselor, she was directed to the human resource officer for further assistance. At that point, the officer told her the only alternative was he could ask the individuals to dispose of the picture. Shortly after the incident, Jessica began skipping school and a letter arrived in the mail notifying her parents she will not be able to graduate. Mail was the only communication the school had to get in touch with Jessica’s parents (O’Shaughnessy, 2011). Two months prior to her suicide, Jessica was interviewed at the Cincinnati television station in hope that no one ever endures the humiliation

For example, in private schools, when such an incident occurs on their campuses the policies are very different. In private institutions, the 1st, 4th, 5th amendments do not apply to these school’s strict guidelines. However, these schools are obligated to adhere to the terms of the contracts between them, the parents and the students (Aftab, 2011). Due to these terms, the school have an advantage in the way they can respond to these circumstances. A lot of people go to rally for these very rights, soldiers die for these rights and now you have young adults abusing these rights to bully other people on social media. When it comes to social applications like Facebook and twitter, it should be taken into consideration that words are a powerful tool and if used carelessly can cause severe psychological issues (Alexander, 2012). With that said, hate crimes are illegal period. Yet, hate speech is not. Even though hate speech can eventually manifest itself into a hate