The Supreme Court ruled that students in public school are not afforded the same protections in the use of offensive forms of expression as are adults in non-school settings. Other judicial decisions made similar distinctions related to plays and movies. Two circuit courts have recently ruled that high school newspapers were public forums for the purpose of First Amendment analysis. Due process decisions focused on liberty, property interests, and procedural due process. In New Jersey v. T.L.O., the Supreme Court established standards for valid searches of students in the school setting and ruled that a search must be based on reasonable grounds at its inception and must be reasonable in its scope. Summaries of additional decisions and 42 footnotes.