Posted on 09/18/2014 7:55:38 AM PDT by mandaladon
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.
Students of Mexican heritage told local media that the students wore wore American flag T-shirts should apologize. They said ethnically Mexican students wouldn’t wear a Mexican flag on the Fourth of July (not a school day, but never mind).
The high school, located 20 miles south of San Jose, has experienced numerous gang problems. Nevertheless, the school seems to have organized impressive Cinco de Mayo celebrations in recent years.
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“It’s time for a nation wide protest of this las chorradas.”
And all the “culitos” on the court too!
Absolutely, like Walmart, Budweiser, the U.S. Government and on and on...
“Not because the invaders are all that aggressive, but because our government is docile and apologetic about defending American values.”
Welcome back to Earth.
Now that you are earthside again, please note things are a tad different since you last lifted off. Latrino behavior is often violent as the Federal state and local prison population records illustrate.
Black Urban Ferals are also prone to violent behavior.
I wear my “Proud To Be An American” T-shirt especially on CDM day ... Flag with a bald eagle on it.
I’ll go to hell before I give up the right to fly/wear the American any day of the year!
This ruling (probably by A 3 Judge panel won’t survive the light of day, even in the 9th Circus....
Whatever happened to diversity?
The 9th Circus needs dragged outside and horsewhipped.
Ain't gonna happen. They won. Even when they are kneeling at the edge of a ditch, with a gun pressed into their heads, they will think they are doing the Right Thing.
The Ninth Circuit exists to be overruled.
“Actually, wearing the flag as a shirt is against the US Code:”
In my opinion wearig the flag as a shirt is disrespecting the flag, a flag emblem or reproduction is not the same.
Unbelievable!
Just another example of liberals laying the foundation to allow an Islamic takeover. The decision’s logic will be used to allow Sharia law.
I know this is a stupid question, given everything else that WASN’T done when there was an opportunity...
WHY wasn’t this “court”(circus) broken up back when the republicans controlled everything? I understand that the congress has the authority to do so with federal courts. Am I wrong?
No, that's not what the ruling means.
Really, you'd think our Mexican friends would be more upset about what we've done to their holiday, rather than a few high school students wearing American flag t-shirts. I thought it was a celebration of drunken hookups and tramp stamps.
Maybe we should just go back to having school uniforms.
Problem solved...not just on this issue either.
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If I was an illegal alien, I’d be laughing and giving everyone the finger too.
If I was a Muslim terrorist, I’d be making plans too.
There’s a point where stupidity sinks to such a level, it’s no longer considered comical. It’s just sad.
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