Domino, John. Civil Rights & Liberties in the 21st Century. Longman Pub Group, 2009. Print.
In the book Civil Rights and Liberties in the 21st Century by John C. Domino, it gives court cases about civil rights and liberties that have been violated due to problems in the twenty-first century. Opposed to other books, MySpace is something has is only been around now for a couple of years, so it would be hard to go back in history to determine if schools punishing students for what is on their MySpace page as unconstitutional. The book offers many opinions as answers to the research question proposed. It could be that the school violated the students’ right to privacy, right to expression or did not violate any rights of the students at all. The court cases listed and explain in detail give much supporting to detail to the opinions offered by the book’s author. The book goes into detail about sexually suggestive privacy issues among students in and around the school environment; however, the book is not directly towards student right but American civil rights and liberties.
By reading this book, a smart person could come up with an intelligent answer to the research question at hand. The book does not influence the reader to believe one way or the other but gives many real-life examples to help the reader develop an educated opinion on the matter of whether or not First Amendment rights are violated or not due to a particular incident. We the knowledge gained from reading this book, I believe anyone trying to intelligently answer the research question would be able to really understand why and fight for their opinion on the subject. I believe chapters two, five and six would be the most helpful for someone looking to answering the question.
