Chalk and Gavel

24 | Masking Tape and Trees


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What’s the difference between creative discipline and excessive punishment? How does a five-minute punishment set off six years of litigation? What does the law say about fastening students to trees? It's definitely frowned upon! But that’s exactly what happened in today’s case, Doe v. the Hawaii Department of Education. This is the story of how a vice principal got into a sticky situation by taping a student’s head to a tree. We got pretty attached to this case. We will not be masking any facts here. It turns out that this vice principal’s bark was just as bad as his bite. We're all rooting for the student in this case. We also discuss a recent settlement agreement between a Tennessee school and the Satanic Temple, stemming from a First Amendment challenge related to the Satanic Temple's request to start an After School Satan Club at the school.

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Keywords: Student Discipline, Masking Tape, Search and Seizure, Fourth Amendment, Qualified Immunity, Substantive Due Process, Religion, First Amendment, After School Satan Club

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Chalk and GavelBy Chris Thomas and Jamie Kudlats

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