They do so today for countless purposes, typically to claim a
right to
free and edgy
speech on T - shirts or banners under the First Amendment, to
assert rights to education of the handicapped under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to ask for more school spending under state constitutional provisions that are said to guarantee an equitable or an adequate education.
Relative meaning, the plurality of truth, shared authorship, and the equal
right to
free speech were once more commonly employed to
assert marginalized voices.