Judge Backs Student's Bush 'Terrorist' T-Shirt

[bigpoppanils]

Judge Backs Student's Bush 'Terrorist' T-Shirt

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DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal court judge ruled on Wednesday that a Detroit-area school acted improperly in barring a student anti-war protester from wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a picture of President Bush (news - web sites) and the words "International Terrorist."

The American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) filed a lawsuit in March claiming that the constitutional rights of Bretton Barber were violated a month earlier by Dearborn High School when it ordered him to either wear the T-shirt inside out or go home.

In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Duggan in Detroit said the school had failed to back its claim that the T-shirt threatened to create a "disturbance or disruption" at Dearborn High.

He also rejected the school's argument that the schoolyard was an inappropriate place for political debate.

"In fact, as (the courts) have emphasized, students benefit when school officials provide an environment where they can openly express their diverging viewpoints and when they learn to tolerate the opinions of others," Duggan wrote in his decision.

Lawyers for the school could not be reached for immediate comment on Duggan's ruling.

But Andrew Nickelhoff, a lawyer who argued the case on behalf of the ACLU, hailed it as "an important civics lesson" for students across the United States.

"This case teaches that the First Amendment protects our right to express our opinions, and that sometimes we must have the courage -- as Brett Barber did -- to defend our rights," Nickelhoff said in a statement.

[tribal]

that kid has a constitutional right to wear this silly shirt. by that token, other kids at his school have a constitutional right to beat the living shit out of him.

[kramadas]

Originally posted by tribal

that kid has a constitutional right to wear this silly shirt. by that token, other kids at his school have a constitutional right to beat the living shit out of him.

No, they don't. Thats called assault.

[bigpoppanils]

Originally posted by tribal

other kids at his school have a constitutional right to beat the living shit out of him.

thats funny...i didnt notice that violence was a part of the bill of rights

[normalnoises]

Really Tribal, how would you like it if you got your right to express yourself stripped from you by getting the shit pounded out of you by a gang of school kids?

[mr mahs]

Originally posted by tribal

that kid has a constitutional right to wear this silly shirt. by that token, other kids at his school have a constitutional right to beat the living shit out of him.

I agree with you KICK HIS ASS..

J/K

If the little puke wants to wear his silly shirt then let him..

[igloo]

It is amazing that it is OK to call the President of the United States a terrorist and a Nazi, but if you say the Pledge of Allegiance in school, or claim the founding fathers were great men, or call them fathers instead of framers, or Donovan McNabb is propped up by the media, or fly the confederate flag, or oppose gay marriage and abortion, .....the PC police will shut you down

[kramadas]

Originally posted by igloo

It is amazing that it is OK to call the President of the United States a terrorist and a Nazi, but if you say the Pledge of Allegiance in school, or claim the founding fathers were great men, or call them fathers instead of framers, or Donovan McNabb is propped up by the media, or fly the confederate flag, or oppose gay marriage and abortion, .....the PC police will shut you down

I agree - you should be able to do all that.

[normalnoises]

Originally posted by mr mahs

If the little puke wants to wear his silly shirt then let him..

Absolutely.

And you have the freedom of speech to call him a puke all you want too.

[ghhhhhost]

Originally posted by igloo

It is amazing that it is OK to call the President of the United States a terrorist and a Nazi, - HE IS

but if you say the Pledge of Allegiance in school - We do, at assembly..once a week

or claim the founding fathers were great men - great opportunists maybe

or call them fathers instead of framers - my daddy gots a mustache..aint none of them boys had one..

or Donovan McNabb is propped up by the media - He is a great quarterback..no matter what his race is..

or fly the confederate flag - no one is stopping u from letting ur true seperatist racist colors fly..let ur true colors shine through young man

[jamiroguy1]

Originally posted by tribal

that kid has a constitutional right to wear this silly shirt. by that token, other kids at his school have a constitutional right to beat the living shit out of him.

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