Supreme Court Rules Against Student Who Displayed 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' Banner (get back to class kid)

Fox News ^ | 6/25/2007 | Fox news

[tobyhill]

Supreme Court Rules Against Student Who Displayed 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' Banner. Just Breaking

[raccoonradio]

& CNN just reported a loosening of restrictions on campaign ads

>>The Supreme Court loosened restrictions today on corporate- and union-funded television ads that air close to elections, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law.

[tobyhill]

The USSC is on a role today.

[AU72]

Something tells me Justice Ginsberg’s dissents will be the only thing we hear on the MSM nightly news tonight.

[mtbopfuyn]

Lemme guess, it’d have been ok if the t-shirt read, “Gays 4 Jesus”, or “Illegals 4 Jesus” or even “Jihad 4 Jesus”?

[tobyhill]

The USSC didn’t rule anything on ordinary free speech on ones own time but ruled that this snot nosed brat was on the schools time and they can regulate what they do, on or off property.

[Freedom_no_exceptions]

The USSC didn’t rule anything on ordinary free speech on ones own time but ruled that this snot nosed brat was on the schools time and they can regulate what they do, on or off property.

Did the lower courts factually determine that this kid was a brat, and that he did, in fact, have excessive amounts of snot in his nose? In reality, he was not on school time or on school grounds. Public schools just moved a step closer to being awarded jurisdiction over all time and space, and that doesn't seem to bother you?

[tobyhill]

The USSC ruled it was school time and schools have always had the rights to sanction kids on school time regardless where they are. If the schools didn’t release the snot nosed brats to their parents then they were still under school guidelines, including sanctions for inappropriate behavior.

[HamiltonJay]

I’ve been telling people this for years, and they always think I’m making this up.

You send your kid to a PUBLIC SCHOOL, during those 6 to 8 hours your child is a WARD OF THE STATE, period.

[gipper81]

If the schools didn’t release the snot nosed brats to their parents then they were still under school guidelines, including sanctions for inappropriate behavior.

Also reported is that this guy is a college-drop out and ...

"Joseph Frederick, who has been teaching and studying in China, pleaded guilty in 2004 to a misdemeanor charge of selling marijuana at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, according to court records."

Seems like a SNB to me!

Tell me this one wasn't financed by the ACLU all the way.

[Tall_Texan]

Lemme guess, it’d have been ok if the t-shirt read, “Gays 4 Jesus”, or “Illegals 4 Jesus” or even “Jihad 4 Jesus”?

Probably so as the objection in this case was the reference to illegal drug use and the decision of the principal that this banner amounted to an endorsement of it.

In this case, it seems, "Bong hits" carried more weight than the "4 Jesus" part of the message. Which is consistent with the Supreme Court rulings against using illegal drugs as a religious sacrement.

[tobyhill]

If this kid was under 18 and not released to his parents during school hours then he was on school time. These kids need to start understanding that this is not a free-for-all society where they can make the rules up as they go along. Free speech is not always an absolute right at anytime, anyplace, by anybody.