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Supreme Court rebuffs case of teacher fired for comments Tamara Lytle Washington Correspondent October 3, 2007 WASHINGTON Kissimmee Middle School teacher Deborah Mayer's long, lonely and expensive legal fight over a war-related classroom comment ended with two words. "Cert denied," her attorney e-mailed her, which is legalese for the U.S. Supreme Court dismissing her appeal without hearing it. Mayer was fired in Bloomington, Ind., in 2003 after a classroom current-events discussion about peace protesters during which she said "I honk for peace." Mayer claimed her dismissal was an abridgment of her First Amendment right to free speech and a dangerous...

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A FReeper sent me a note today indicating that the RATS playing underground are not very happy with this series. He told me that one of them wants to egg my house. That sounds about like the RATS. Luann Wright is doing a great service with her site, NoIndoctrination.org. ======================================================== PREVIOUS ENEMIES --- 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ======================================================== Warning: Postings are only opinions. (See Terms of Service)Record for NoIndoctrination.org entry #399.   San Diego Mesa College Jun. 5, 2004     http://www.sandiegomesacollege.net CA     Course: English 208: Introduction to Literature   Course Catalog Description: This course provides...