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Two other points to note:
1. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has the highest record of all district courts for their decisions being overturned or amended by the Supreme Court due to their wildly liberal bias. It's so bad they've earned the nickname the "Ninth Circus" in the conservative popular literature. The students, their parents, and their attorneys are going to appeal the Ninth Circus's decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. It isn't over yet by a long shot.
Read: U.S. Supreme Court looks over 9th Circuit's shoulder - Los Angeles Times
2. The ACLU sided with the students sending a letter of protest to Morgan Hills Unified School District and providing a staff attorney to assist the students stating:
"The letter points out that students' wearing of the American flag wouldn't have been controversial but for the interest of other students in celebrating their Mexican heritage on Cinco de Mayo. The students' patriotic display was particularly meaningful because of the context, and their right to express their patriotism in light of that context must be honored. The right to wear an American flag every day but Cinco de Mayo would do little to advance the important work of the First Amendment, whose protections must be enforced every day.
There is another important lesson for the school here. For displays of the American flag to create such a strong concern about disruption, it's likely the school has underlying racial and cultural tensions that need attention. Using censorship to suppress student speech is exactly the wrong thing to do in this kind of situation. While the school superintendent did make a statement reaffirming the school district's support for students' speech rights, it's also important that the Live Oak teachers and administrators use this incident as an opportunity to teach students tolerance, diversity and mutual respect."
Read: https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/students-american-flag-t-shirts-are-protected-speech
1. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has the highest record of all district courts for their decisions being overturned or amended by the Supreme Court due to their wildly liberal bias. It's so bad they've earned the nickname the "Ninth Circus" in the conservative popular literature. The students, their parents, and their attorneys are going to appeal the Ninth Circus's decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. It isn't over yet by a long shot.
Read: U.S. Supreme Court looks over 9th Circuit's shoulder - Los Angeles Times
2. The ACLU sided with the students sending a letter of protest to Morgan Hills Unified School District and providing a staff attorney to assist the students stating:
"The letter points out that students' wearing of the American flag wouldn't have been controversial but for the interest of other students in celebrating their Mexican heritage on Cinco de Mayo. The students' patriotic display was particularly meaningful because of the context, and their right to express their patriotism in light of that context must be honored. The right to wear an American flag every day but Cinco de Mayo would do little to advance the important work of the First Amendment, whose protections must be enforced every day.
There is another important lesson for the school here. For displays of the American flag to create such a strong concern about disruption, it's likely the school has underlying racial and cultural tensions that need attention. Using censorship to suppress student speech is exactly the wrong thing to do in this kind of situation. While the school superintendent did make a statement reaffirming the school district's support for students' speech rights, it's also important that the Live Oak teachers and administrators use this incident as an opportunity to teach students tolerance, diversity and mutual respect."
Read: https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/students-american-flag-t-shirts-are-protected-speech