Prof. Clarke Interviewed by Vox on Free Speech Rights of Schoolteacher Who Allegedly Ran a White Nationalist Podcast

Professor Jessica Clarke was quoted extensively in an article in Vox about the scope of free-speech protections for a public school teacher accused of espousing racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Muslim rhetoric in her classroom. Clarke explained that the Supreme Court has found that both students and teachers do not forfeit their First Amendment rights just because they’re on school property. However, she continued, “[t]eachers don’t have a First Amendment right to determine the content of their lessons. Schools can tell them what to teach. Schools can and should tell them not to teach racist stuff.”