Defending Levy's punishment, the Mahanoy Area School District said the spread of smartphones and social media, and the need for remote learning during the pandemic blurred the line between on campus and off. No matter where a student's expression originates, schools should be able to discipline students when a message is directed at the school and causes disruption, the district said.

They want to own your children and will use any excuse to do so.

The Biden administration sided with the school. The Justice Department said the Supreme Court's earlier cases on school speech dealt with the effects of a message on other students and school activities, not with the time when they were sent or where they came from.

I can easily see this interpretation being used to punish anything deemed "wrongthink" regardless of whether it even has anything to do with the school or other students.