When we’re at the point that students can’t safely display the American flag in an American school, because of a fear that other students will attack them for it — on May 5 or on any other day — and the school feels unable to prevent such attacks (by punishing the threateners and the attackers, and by teaching students tolerance for other students’ speech), something is badly wrong. Here’s an excerpt from the court opinion describing the facts that led the court to uphold the restriction...Read it at the link.
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
When Students Can't Safely Display the American flag in an American School, Something is Badly Wrong
Says Eugene Volokh, "Not Safe to Display an American Flag in an American High School":
My thoughts are "America: Love it or leave it. I guess I am just out of touch.
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