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Fed Judge: Calif. School Was Right to Forbid Students’ American Flag T-Shirts on Cinco de Mayo
The Blaze ^ | 11/11/11 | Billy Hallowell

Posted on 11/11/2011 4:22:23 PM PST by CharlesThe Hammer

Should public school officials have the right to prevent students from wearing pro-American garb on Cinco de Mayo?

This question has been at the heart of a California court battle between the Morgan Hill Unified School District and students who were told by a principal and assistant principal that they could not wear American flag t-shirts on the Mexican holiday back in 2010.

Following the incident, a lawsuit against the district was launched by the students and their families. This week, the case came to a close, with a federal judge ruling against the students — a blow that is likely to infuriate some free speech advocates.

According to U. S. District Court Judge James Ware, the district did not violate the students’ first amendment rights. The judge also found that officials‘ concern over the potential violence that could be incited by the students’ pro-American outfits justified the school’s actions

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To: Louis Foxwell

FWIW, Cinco de Mayo is as much of an American holiday as it is a Mexican one. I read up on the history just earlier this year.

Check out the Battle of Puebla and its commemoration.

The ignorant Peas of Sh!t judge doesn’t realize that the American flag is JUST as important to that day as is the Mexican one.


121 posted on 11/12/2011 8:02:09 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: CharlesThe Hammer

“Your Honor. Try reading the first Amendment some day. Until then, go **** yourself.”


122 posted on 11/12/2011 8:09:46 AM PST by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: CharlesThe Hammer
Should public school officials have the right...
 
...to pervert Jefferson's intended purpose for public education...
 

 
 
...into a Marxist mechanism for destroying America from within?
 
No - obviously that would be an error...
 
"...that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. "
--Thomas Jefferson
http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/vaact.html
 
 
 
 
 

123 posted on 11/12/2011 8:15:21 AM PST by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: Da Coyote

That’s precisely what needs to happen. To hell with the judicial tyrants.


124 posted on 11/12/2011 8:17:44 AM PST by EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)
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To: Da Coyote

Our problem is that a majority of CA people believe in such rulings as this from their almighty federal judges. People in CA just can’t figure out things any more.


125 posted on 11/12/2011 8:20:26 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: CharlesThe Hammer

disgusting.


126 posted on 11/12/2011 8:21:27 AM PST by ken21
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To: 43north

Yes, GHWB was always trying to “reach out”, Bob Michel style.


127 posted on 11/12/2011 8:24:43 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: Baumer

God Bless You, Patriot!


128 posted on 11/12/2011 8:29:41 AM PST by EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)
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To: CharlesThe Hammer

Abolish that court and start again.


129 posted on 11/12/2011 8:31:36 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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130 posted on 11/12/2011 8:42:42 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: CharlesThe Hammer

Free the First BUMP.


131 posted on 11/12/2011 8:43:08 AM PST by EternalVigilance (I'm not a Republican and I'm not a Democrat. I'm an American. SelfGovernment.US)
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To: CharlesThe Hammer

I would be yanking my kid out of that school so fast! Who wants to live like that!


132 posted on 11/12/2011 8:46:29 AM PST by luvie (This tagline reserved for a hero.......)
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To: CharlesThe Hammer

insanity .. sounds like the court has infringed upon the children’s right to express their right to free speech in the form of wearing a shirt proclaiming their proud heritage.


133 posted on 11/12/2011 9:19:31 AM PST by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

“.....If they want to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, then they can go back to Mexico.........”

Funny thing is - Cinco de Mayo is not a National Holiday in Mexico. Only a small town - and of course the Mexicans in America.


134 posted on 11/12/2011 9:27:12 AM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: CharlesThe Hammer

Is this federal judge from Ciudad Juarez or Mexico City?


135 posted on 11/12/2011 9:30:45 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (He's not perfect; no one is. He's a human running for President not Son of God!)
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To: NFHale
"They want my country, they’ll have to fight us for it."

Amen brother...and I think it's coming to that. I'm ready to help stop the LIBERAL PUSSIFICATION of America, formerly the greatest country on Earth.

136 posted on 11/12/2011 10:58:54 AM PST by Mich Patriot (I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself. Ronald Reagan)
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To: reg45

Ten years from now, Mexico will no longer exist as a unified country. The government will have collapsed and the tribal leaders and the drug lords will be fighting over bits of the remains.


137 posted on 11/12/2011 12:12:49 PM PST by reg45 (I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
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To: boomop1

That’s OK, it’s difficult for English speakers to spell those foreign words. We should do like the French and insist that all those foreign words be translated into our language or at least transliterate it into San Ha-seen-toe.


138 posted on 11/12/2011 12:23:44 PM PST by reg45 (I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
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To: NFHale

Apparently there are several judges with the same name.

Sorry if I posted the wrong pic

4L


139 posted on 11/12/2011 2:50:14 PM PST by 4Liberty (88% of Americans are NON-UNION. We value honest, peaceful Free trade-NOT protectionist CARTELS)
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To: Paradox

Schools do need special authority to guide and protect kids. You’re right about that, but the justification for this ban is that those celebrating a foreign affiliation might do students harm if the American flag is depicted on any clothing, on a particular day. That’s intimidation and bullying by any reasonable measure. Would the district court or the school apply similar logic to students who wished to express “Gay Pride”, environmental awareness, or African Heritage? We know they would not. Such favored status is only “granted”, as Thomas Sowell says, to “mascot” groups. When the state favors an illegitimate foreign holiday over a rendering of its own flag...it’s trouble.


140 posted on 11/12/2011 4:44:28 PM PST by CharlesThe Hammer
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