On Cinco de Mayo, May 5, 2010, three students wore American flag t-shirts to Live Oak High School. Live Oak, according to the Ninth Circuit, had a history of gang and racial violence. The students who wore the American flag t-shirts were threatened with physical violence. Rather than discipline the students who made the threats, the school decided to tell the American flag t-shirt-wearing students that they could either turn their shirts inside-out, or go home. Two of the students went home, and the students collectively sued the school district in federal district court, claiming that the school violated their First Amendment rights.
Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of the students’ claim, on the grounds that school officials “anticipated violence or substantial disruption of or material interference with school activities, and their response was tailored to the circumstances.”
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Obviously we don't live in America anymore.
ReplyDeleteGuess that means diapers are out too.
ReplyDeleteEven though we supported the action, we are now shunned?
ReplyDeleteCheck, please... I'll be leaving the USA now.
ReplyDeleteNot physically, of course, but certainly spiritually.
What the hell has happened to our American values over the past few years?
Taxation that is used to assure that people will need not bother looking for work; the shutting down of our treasured memorials; selective IRS investigations/harassment; bankrupt major cities; the cutting of our defenses to assure we are no longer the strongest country in the world; and now this. Banning an American flag because it offends someone.
We are absolutely on a fast path to becoming a third-world country.
You gotta be kidding? If the story is true that school should have all of their State and Federal funding Denied Immediately. This kind of Political Correctness Bullcrap needs to be stopped.
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