A Cheerleader, a Snapchat Post and the Supreme Court

<p>When Brandi Levy was 14, she posted an expletive-filled video to Snapchat, expressing her dismay at not making the varsity cheerleading squad. It got her suspended from cheerleading entirely for a year.</p><p>Can a public school deal with off-campus speech in this way without infringing the First Amendment? The Supreme Court will decide.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/adam-liptak?smid=pc-thedaily">Adam Liptak</a>, a reporter covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>In a lively Supreme Court argument, the justices<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/us/supreme-court-free-speech.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> struggled to determine how the First Amendment applies</a> to public schools’ power to punish students for social media posts and other off-campus speech.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>