A federal appeals court on Thursday wrestled with the novel question of whether it was offensive for Northern California high school students to display the American flag during a school day dedicated to celebrating Mexican heritage.
The three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals didn't tip its hand on how it would decide in sharply questioning lawyers on both sides of the issue during a 30-minute hearing in San Francisco.
Public school officials have broad powers to establish dress codes, such as restricting certain colors in clothing or barring the wearing of sports jerseys, in areas where gangs are considered a problem. But the American flag case poses different questions about how far school officials can go in reacting to a potential problem by spontaneously barring what students wear, even if that includes a T-shirt bearing the iconic American flag.
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5 comments:
If they say no American flag.....I'm done.I'm leaving the country.
What in the hell is this country coming to
THIS IS AMERICA DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE OUR FLAG THEN LEAVE!!!!!!
Perhaps Mexican Heritage Day is too volatile and risky a celebration? Take that off the school calendar and see if things calm down.
How about banning the Mexican "Americans" who choose to impart violence on the true Americans who are proud to wear their own flag? Francis Scott Key witnessed that our Flag was still there after the battle, and not taken down that day out of some sort of effort to stop violence! This is the root of our Country, and if Mexicans don't like it, well, they have another place to go that's not called the United States of America and does not fly our flag.
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