For their school-sponsored spring musical, a group of theater students at public high school decided they would perform a famous Broadway musical that depicted HIV/AIDS. The principal canceled the show the day before its opening due to a sex scene and mature language. A group of students felt their First Amendment rights had been infringed upon and sued.

1. The Supreme Court case most useful for the school that we have covered is _______. ( the sexual aspect is not the most important, since there is artistic merit.)

Would it be tinker vs des moines for Fraser vs bethel and why?

The Fraser vs Bethel case stemmed from Tinker, it says that it differentiates the case from Tinker in that there is a captive audience here versus a passive audience in Tinker and a sexual message vs a political one. However the sexual scene in the play was for artistic merit so is deemed the same as being a sexual message?

2. Should the students win this case? 3. Because this is a civil case, if the students win, the school will be found to be ___