What is the scope of First Amendment free expression rights of public school employees and students? Following a long period with no Supreme Court rulings pertaining to public employee or student speech, the Court since 2006 has delivered significant opinions in this regard. These decisions continue the trend of narrowing the circumstances under which the expression of public school employees and students is considered protected by the First Amendment. This issue of "A Legal Memorandum" takes a look at several Supreme Court decisions governing public employee expression rights and student expression rights. (Contains 2 figures.)