A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Constitution may well have protected a middle school student in Detroit, Texas, from punishment by school officials for playing a virtual paper doll game during class.

Judge David Folsom of the Eastern District of Texas denied a motion Monday filed by attorneys representing the Detroit Independent School District that could have ended the case.

“We are very pleased the court agrees with us that the First Amendment is implicated when a student accesses the Internet in class,” said the student’s attorney, David Carter of the Texarkana f...

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