In California, students are apparently being taught that they must eliminate or hide signs of their patriotism in fear of reprisals in their own schools!
On Thursday the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that a northern California school did not violate the First Amendment rights of students when it insisted they remove clothing displaying the U.S. flag during the Mexican Cinco de Mayo holiday. Students were asked to turn t-shirts inside out or remove garments that bore the American flag due to fears of ‘racial violence’.
“School officials anticipated violence or substantial disruption of or material interference with school activities, and their response was tailored to the circumstances,” Judge M. Margaret McKeown wrote in the opinion for the three-judge Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel. “As a consequence, we conclude that school officials did not violate the students’ rights to freedom of expression, due process, or equal protection.”…
UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh suggested that the court may have correctly applied the law, but unfortunately sanctioned a “heckler’s veto” by ruling against the students.
“The school taught its students a simple lesson: If you dislike speech and want it suppressed, then you can get what you want by threatening violence against the speakers,” Volokh wrote in his blog,the Volokh Conspiracy. “The school will cave in, the speakers will be shut up, and you and your ideology will win.”
Source: Washington Examiner
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I have a message for those people who think they have the right to tell America’s what to say and do and there country please remember people sacrifice there live and health to defend the flag and the country thank you USA God bless always
Who cares? If they get violent, beat the $#%&!@* out of them. I bet they get to wear their $#%&!@*ing Mexican flags.
someone needs to whip some teachers asses in california!
$#%&!@* the Mexicans , their here in the U.S. not in their country ! That’s the problem they want us Americans to bow down and give up our country .
Take your $#%&!@*ing Sick of the mao c**p back to mexico-its the dumbest holliday ever-you lost that battle you dumbass
This is nothing but pure Communism and total Corruption. The judges that ruled on this should be arrested and tried for TREASON.
I see you flying that piece of $#%&!@* flag-it gets burned
The courts are taking away all of our constitutional rights, one by one. God help this country.
if they dont reguard our FLAG as the Standard for the U.S.A. , and become “upset” , they should NOT be here !!!
that court needs abolished