First Amendment Rights of Public School StudentsHow the judiciary rules in 1st Amendment cases and how it relates to all rights of public school students. This includes everything from burning the flag to not saluting the flag to practicing religion in school. The main point of this article is to focus on the fact that schools have a greater ability to limit free speech than the government. Research QuestionDoes government or school districts have greater ability to limit free speech? This is a very important question because it gives great power to one over the other. This is absolutely wrong because it is unjustified to give the right to do such a thing to schools and not to the government. Thesis Schools have more rights than the government to influence and limit the First Amendment and free speech. Annotated bibliography Hudson, David L. , JR. “First Amendment Center.” First Amendment Center. David L. Hudson JR., September 28, 2002. Web. May 20, 2014. This article shows most of the cases relevant to the topic and research questions, clearly shows the articles that concern public schools and how and what they have Done. It helps answer this research question because it shows that some schools are able to game the system but are sometimes turned around. Paulson, Ken. "Frequently Asked Questions - Speech." First Amendment Center. http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org. Network. May 21, 2014. This piece discusses most of the significant cases involving the First Amendment rights of public school students; it also shows all the cases that pertain to and provides meaningful information about all… half of the paper… and chooses to single out certain students only because of their ethnicity. The Constitution clearly states that everyone is equal and if they can they have the same rights as us. Then it should be agreed that colleges and universities can choose the students best suited to their school. It is now perfectly clear that schools in fact have a greater ability to influence the First Amendment rights of public school students than the government. The justice system has jumped back and forth over the years and this can seem very confusing to the average person. but they never changed their minds about the great cases mentioned in the previous paragraph. But the court appears to be sporadic in its decisions outside of these big cases. It all begins in 1962 when prayer in public schools was deemed to be a violation of the First Amendment.