Justices Decline Case on Student’s Violent Writing

The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to review a free-speech case involving a middle school student who was suspended for reading to classmates his fictional story about a school killing spree that depicted him and several other students in sexual and violent situations.

The family of the boy, who was 10 at the time, argued that the punishment imposed by the 6,800-student Syosset Central School District, in Syosset, N.Y., violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

Without comment, the justices refused on Jan. 22 to hear the appeal in D.F. v. Board of Education of Syosset Central School District ...