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Family sues claiming rosary isn’t gang attire

donal brown June 3, 2010

The family of a New York seventh grader sued in federal court after the boy was suspended for wearing a rosary the school authorities claimed was beaded jewelry and thereby gang-related. -db Courthouse News Service June 3, 2010 By Barbara Leonard ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) – A Schenectady public school suspended a boy from seventh grade for wearing a rosary, because the school considers beaded jewelry “gang-related,” the boy’s family claims in Federal Court. The boy

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Federal judge find fifth-graders drawing threatening

donal brown June 3, 2010

Reviewing evidence that a fifth-grader had a disciplinary record and was prone to violent expressions, a federal judge ruled that school officials met legal standards in suspending the boy. The judge said the boy’s history and actions met the “substantial disruption” test from Tinker v. Des Moines. -db First Amendment Center Analysis June 2, 2010 By David L. Hudson Jr. School officials in Montgomery, N.Y., were justified in suspending a fifth-grader for his threatening drawing,

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Free speech: High school admiistrator sends students home for wearing American flag

donal brown May 7, 2010

When some Live Oak High School students wore flags on their clothing during Cinco de Mayo day to show their patriotism and their support of legal immigration, an assistant principal feared violence and asked the boys to wear the clothes inside out or leave campus. To mark the Mexican holiday, many Latino students were wearing the Mexican flag colors of red, white and green. -db San Jose Mercury News May 7, 2010 By Lisa Fernandez

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Florida high school student booted from honor society for Facebook page criticizing school

donal brown February 4, 2010

First Amendment experts say a high school student may have been wrongly kicked out of the honor society since his comments on Facebook criticizing the school would normally be considered protected speech. -db The Tampa Tribune February 3, 2010 By Ronnie Blair WESLEY CHAPEL, Flor. – Two Florida experts in First Amendment law say a Wesley Chapel High student’s rights may have been violated when he was kicked out of the National Honor Societyover a

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Federal court bars display of Confederate flag in Texas high school

donal brown October 15, 2009

A federal circuit court held that a Texas high school could ban clothing displaying the Confederate flag given a history of racial violence and discord in the school, over 50  incidents since 2002. -DB Courthouse News Service October 14, 2009 By Annie Youderian (CN) – Citing a history of racial tension, the 5th Circuit upheld a high-school dress code in Texas barring students from displaying the Confederate flag. Burleson High School adopted the policy in

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