[supercat]

Does it matter if it was a shirt with a Confederate flag on it or a US flag, or the Pledge of Allegiance, or God Bless America? The constitutional principles are the same and the school administrators banning them are the same.

Well, according to the Flag Code, the flag is not supposed to be used as, or as part of, an article of clothing (with the exception of flag patches on certain types of uniforms). So if they'd worn flag shirts whose stars and stripes were in any configuration that's ever been recognized as valid the administrators could have used the Flag Code as an excuse for suspending them.

[Arkinsaw]

Well, according to the Flag Code, the flag is not supposed to be used as, or as part of, an article of clothing (with the exception of flag patches on certain types of uniforms). So if they'd worn flag shirts whose stars and stripes were in any configuration that's ever been recognized as valid the administrators could have used the Flag Code as an excuse for suspending them.

The point is not the "excuse" they use to ban things in schools or even what they ban. The point is that they ban things according to their political views in order to enforce those views on the minds they teach.