TEXT: From left, BHS Register editors, Seniors Halle Newman, Nataleigh Noble and Juniors Julia Shannon-Grillo and (not shown) Jenna Peterson, didn't have to fight the law to win. The law, as it turns out, was already on their side. After Burlington High School's principal sought to censor the student newspaper's online post of public information regarding a misconduct investigation of a staff member at the school, Vermont state law kicked in that guarantees the same protections under the First Amendment as any other journalists, students or not.