Value Speech Centered Around a Supreme Court Case

Cutter's Log - Stardate 0102.22.40
Current Song - People's Court Theme

The next speech is the "value" speech. We were directed to look at any Supreme Court case. Can't think of one.

The only case that I have interest in is the landmark Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier case that, to summarize, allows school administration to have editorial power in the school newspaper.

According to my speech class guidelines, I have to "find a case involving a specific instance of something that is pervasively unresolved." Keeping in mind that the case "must look to an issue in which we as a culture have not settled on the direction we are going." Such examples are the landmark Roe v. Wade, Brown v. Board and Tinker v. Des Moines. I don't know if Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier fits the guidelines. It may be too specific and narrow. H v. K is more of a matter of policy, rather than a matter of value.

Cohen v. California has to do with the F-word in public, and may be more of a "value." However, I want to see if Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier really works out.