the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment" (and traditionally has been reserved for punishment inflicted for violation of criminal statutes), and whether "due process" is required before pun- ishment. The Court said no to both these questions.
Most newspapers failed to report that legal remedies exist on the state level for students who think they have been treated unjustly. Edi- torial writers, in particular, thought the Court was choosing between...