Mary Jane is a student at Temecula Valley High School (TVHS). TVHS is holding a pep rally for the high school football team.  Mary Jane brings a sign to the pep rally that reads “Bong Hits for Buddha” and is removed from the pep rally and suspended from school for one week.  If Mary Jane challenges her suspension under the 1st Amendment, what will be the result? Group of answer choices 1. Mary Jane’s suspension will be overturned. Mary has a 1st Amendment right to engage in free speech, and she was engaging in political speech, which is the most protected type of speech. 2. Mary Jane’s suspension will be upheld. Although Mary has a 1st Amendment right to engage in free speech, marijuana is illegal and speech advocating for the use of an illegal substance is not protected under the 1st Amendment. 3. Mary Jane’s suspension will be upheld. Although Mary has a 1st Amendment right to engage in free speech, that right is limited on a school campus to the extent that her speech is inconsistent with the school’s legitimate policy of maintaining a drug free campus. 4.  Mary Jane’s suspension will be overturned. Mary has a 1st Amendment right to engage in free speech.

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Mary Jane is a student at Temecula Valley High School (TVHS). TVHS is holding a pep rally for the high school football team.  Mary Jane brings a sign to the pep rally that reads “Bong Hits for Buddha” and is removed from the pep rally and suspended from school for one week.  If Mary Jane challenges her suspension under the 1st Amendment, what will be the result?
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1. Mary Jane’s suspension will be overturned. Mary has a 1st Amendment right to engage in free speech, and she was engaging in political speech, which is the most protected type of speech.

2. Mary Jane’s suspension will be upheld. Although Mary has a 1st Amendment right to engage in free speech, marijuana is illegal and speech advocating for the use of an illegal substance is not protected under the 1st Amendment.

3. Mary Jane’s suspension will be upheld. Although Mary has a 1st Amendment right to engage in free speech, that right is limited on a school campus to the extent that her speech is inconsistent with the school’s legitimate policy of maintaining a drug free campus.

4.  Mary Jane’s suspension will be overturned. Mary has a 1st Amendment right to engage in free speech.

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