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Apr 2021
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The Docket: "Mean Girls" Meets The Supre...

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The Docket is a new ongoing series from The NPR Politics Podcast where we examine the major legal questions of our time. Where does a law come from, and how does it impact daily life?

This year the Supreme Court will decide whether or not a student cussing out her school on Snapchat is free speech. The decision could have wide-reaching implications for students across the country.

This episode: legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and congressional correspondent Susan Davis.

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