A case pending in federal court in New Jersey, lodged by a student who was disciplined for using a derogatory term for police during class, has reignited a long-simmering debate over the free speech implications of the state’s anti-bullying law.

New Jersey’s Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, often billed as the nation’s toughest, has regularly been criticized as restrictive of free speech.

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