Judge says school district justified in telling students to remove US Flag T-Shirts on Cinco de Mayo (Morgan Hill: safety, authority)

[18Montclair]

Im pretty liberal and pro-legal immigrant and I celebrate diversity and all that, but this is ridiculous imo.

CALIFORNIA ­— Three California high school students who donned American flag T-shirts for Cinco de Mayo presented a possible “substantial disruption,” and school officials were within their authority to ask them to remove the shirts, a judge ruled Tuesday.

District Judge James Ware granted the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s motion for summary judgment, ruling that administrators satisfied the Tinker standard and did not violate the students’ First Amendment rights by prohibiting them from wearing attire deemed a potential risk to their safety.

IMO, this was a missed opportunity by this judge to send a clear message to all parties involved that anyone who thinks the US Flag is "offensive" and a safety risk needs to get a grip.

“If (school officials) believe that in 2009 there was evidence that students would become embroiled in some kind of dispute over race or nationalism, then it behooved them not to permit Cinco de Mayo celebrations to take place,” Becker said. “Instead … they permitted one group to present their message and then disallowed my clients from presenting their message, which, by the way, was not intended to refute or to contest or to challenge the interests of the students who were celebrating Cinco de Mayo.”

To the allegation that the school usurped one set of students’ rights in favor of another’s, Ware ruled that “school officials have offered substantial evidence that all students whose safety was in jeopardy were treated equally.”

EXACTLY.

The students plan to appeal the decision to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Becker said.

Good for them.

[doctrain]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Im pretty liberal and pro-legal immigrant and I celebrate diversity and all that, but this is ridiculous imo.


IMO, this was a missed opportunity by this judge to send a clear message to all parties involved that anyone who thinks the US Flag is "offensive" and a safety risk needs to get a grip.


EXACTLY.


Good for them.

I agree, Good for them for appealing this. But, I also wish them Good Luck with uber liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

This is a disgrace.

[TimC2462]

What a disgrace.

[Social Democrat]

Well said 18 Montclair. If the school perceived the US flag tee shirts as such an issue, did they NOT fly the US flag on Cinco de Mayo?

[Bulldogdad]

School uniforms. Problem solved.

Or change the damn school dress code to prohibit any article of clothing other than plain solid color shirts and pants. WTF is wrong with this society. Go to school and learn something you stupid ****ing morons. Same goes for the idiot parents of these walking mouth breathers

All the more reason to have a state issued Id proving you are a US citizen to vote or receive state and federal benefits.

[EscapeCalifornia]

This is what happens when you let millions of people into the county who have no intention of assimilating into the existing culture.

[Fontucky]

PC and race-pandering run amok.

[Snort]

If memory serves me, at least one of the kids who was wearing the U.S. flag is Mexican-American.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Im pretty liberal and pro-legal immigrant and I celebrate diversity and all that, but this is ridiculous imo.


IMO, this was a missed opportunity by this judge to send a clear message to all parties involved that anyone who thinks the US Flag is "offensive" and a safety risk needs to get a grip.


EXACTLY.


Good for them.

If you say it is rediculous can you imagine how the right feels? I am middle of the road on some issues and think this judge is nutty!!! What was he thinking?

[EscapeCalifornia]

Originally Posted by nmnita

What was he thinking?

Probably something like "What is thy bidding, my illegal alien master?"