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Ninth Circuit OKs U.S. Flag Shirt Ban so Mexican students aren’t offended
Daily Caller ^ | 09/18/2014 | Eric Owens

Posted on 09/18/2014 12:29:16 PM PDT by thetallguy24

It’s official: the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an order declining a request for an en banc hearing in a case involving four students in at a California high school who were sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo.

The full slate of Ninth Circuit judges has thus agreed with a lower district court and with a trio of appellate judges that officials at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Calif. could censor students who wanted to wear flag-emblazoned shirts.

The federal appeals court issued its denial of an en banc hearing on Sept. 17 — Constitution Day.

“[N]o further petitions shall be permitted,” the court ordered.

The trouble dates back to Cinco de Mayo (May 5) in 2010, when officials at Live Oak High — a school with a predominant Mexican-American student body — forced the students to remove their American flag-festooned shirts. Administrators called the shirts “incendiary” and worried that fighting would break out between white and Latino students if Latino students noticed the shirts. So, assistant principal Miguel Rodriguez told the students to turn their shirts inside out or leave school.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; america; elections; homeschool; immigration; politics
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No longer America. When will people take arms? I just hear grumblers.
1 posted on 09/18/2014 12:29:16 PM PDT by thetallguy24
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To: thetallguy24

But it is OK to wear gay pride shirts which offends many religious folks?


2 posted on 09/18/2014 12:30:34 PM PDT by entropy12 (Marxist, race baiter, community organizer Obummer is a 8 year curse on the country.)
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To: thetallguy24

So a school can ban fatties too, they are offensive. Oh and rainbows.


3 posted on 09/18/2014 12:31:18 PM PDT by DaveyB ("When injustice becomes the law; rebellion becomes duty." - Thomas Jefferson)
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Know your enemy.


4 posted on 09/18/2014 12:31:22 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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This school does not have a "predominant Mexican-American student body." It's a predominant Mexican student body. They is nothing American about them.
5 posted on 09/18/2014 12:31:24 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: thetallguy24

This is even against USSC’s own precedent. The Ninth is infamous for USSC slapdowns.


6 posted on 09/18/2014 12:31:32 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: entropy12

Why of course, they are SPESHUL


7 posted on 09/18/2014 12:32:02 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: thetallguy24

Probably ok to burn the flag shirts though.


8 posted on 09/18/2014 12:32:32 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: Gene Eric

Know your friends even better


9 posted on 09/18/2014 12:32:45 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: thetallguy24

Well, after all it was Mexican territory for about 25 years.

Never-mind it has been ours for about 165.


10 posted on 09/18/2014 12:34:33 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: thetallguy24

Bring lots of rope!


11 posted on 09/18/2014 12:35:05 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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I was going to say that the 9th Circuit needs to be taken out and shot.

But they just need to be taken out and spanked.

Because it's obvious that we're dealing with a bunch of leftist children here.

12 posted on 09/18/2014 12:38:46 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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American flag t-shirts bad.

LGBT flag t-shirts good.

Welcome to Amerika.


13 posted on 09/18/2014 12:39:49 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: DoughtyOne

And before that it was American Indians’ for thousands... shouldn’t the Mexicans be letting Montezuma get his revenge upon them, just to prove their sincerity about roots?


14 posted on 09/18/2014 12:39:51 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: mojito

Never fear, even the heavily lefty USSC will spank them regularly.


15 posted on 09/18/2014 12:40:35 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What if it were rainbow festooned versions of US flags... what to do? what to do?


16 posted on 09/18/2014 12:41:26 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: thetallguy24

But it’s ok for the wetbacks to wear the Mexican flag. Got it.


17 posted on 09/18/2014 12:41:45 PM PDT by Old Yeller (D.A.M.N. - Deport All Muslims Now! Starting in the White House.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I’m beginning to think the Ninth Circuit does these things simply because the judges enjoy getting spanked.


18 posted on 09/18/2014 12:43:40 PM PDT by Scoutmaster (I'd rather be at Philmont)
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To: thetallguy24

Time for some passive resistance.

Wear the shirt anyway.


19 posted on 09/18/2014 12:44:10 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: BinaryBoy

Exactly. While they are wearing them.


20 posted on 09/18/2014 12:45:09 PM PDT by dhs12345
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