Court: School can ban US flag shirts for safety

Houston Chronicle ^ | February 27, 2014 | PAUL ELIAS,

[Cincinatus' Wife]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials at a Northern California high school acted appropriately when they ordered students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during the Mexican heritage celebration Cinco de Mayo, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the officials' concerns of racial violence outweighed students' freedom of expression rights. Administrators feared the American-flag shirts would enflame the passions of Latino students celebrating the Mexican holiday. Live Oak High School, in the San Jose suburb of Morgan Hill, had a history of problems between white and Latino students on that day.

The unanimous three-judge panel said past problems gave school officials sufficient and justifiable reasons for their actions. The court said schools have wide latitude in curbing certain civil rights to ensure campus safety.

[Ray76]

Thanks for that link

[metmom]

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[funfan]

Please do!

[Colonel_Flagg]

If not why not?

Because all the days you mentioned are either a holiday or during summer vacation?

But I get your point.

[ridesthemiles]

How about we ban the Mexicans?

Let them go back to Mexico.

[Right Wing Assault]

So typically leftist - instead of punishing the rapists who rape women, they ban women from wearing certain clothes.

Oh, no, I guess that won't happen, even though it is the same logic.

[Clintonfatigued]

This doesn’t even surprise me.