School Regulation of Exotic Body Piercing

I. Introduction II. Body Piercing: The Latest Craze (and You Thought Pet Rocks Were Weird) III. First Amendment Protection of Body Piercing (or How Can You Exercise Free Speech with That Thing in Your Mouth?) … A. Student First Amendment Rights … B. Body Piercings as “Speech” IV. Fourteenth Amendment Protection of Body Piercing (or How Can You Even Mention “Rational” and “Body Piercing” in the Same Breath?) V. Crafting a Constitutionally Acceptable Regulation … A. Health and Hygiene … B. Disruption … C. Discipline VI. Conclusion