The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a school could suspend a 10-year-old boy for a drawing of a “wish” to blow up the school and its teachers.
The court said questions about how true the threat was were secondary to the importance of maintaining parents’ confidence in the school and the protection of students. -db
From the First Amendment Center, March 23, 2012, by Larry Neumeister, Associated Press.