three of them later sued Rodriguez, another administrator and the school district, saying they had been deprived of their freedom of expression and right to due process and equal protection under the law."} 68:{"position":11,"content":"Hogwash, ruled Federal District Court Judge James Ware."} 6a:T416,By making the bullies angry, the boys “could cause a substantial disruption with school activities,” which gave administrators the legal right to kick them out, the judge said. And in a truly Orwellian twist, he added that there was no need to eject students wearing the colors of the Mexican flag because nobody had threatened to beat them up.

69:{"position":12,"content":"$6a"} 6b:{"position":13,"content":"Ignorant layman that I am, I would have guessed that the whole point of the First and Fourteenth amendments was precisely the opposite – that they exist to protect the rights of tiny, peaceful minorities rather than angry mobs."} 6c:{"position":14,"content":"But Eugene Volokh, a UCLA law professor whose conservative blog The Volokh Conspiracy is among the few media outlets following the Morgan Hill case, says the judge is probably correct under a 1969 Supreme Court ruling that allows schools to restrict speech that would “materially and substantially interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline.”"} 6d:{"positi

Giving bullies a veto on the First Amendment

Is the American flag an exception to the First Amendment?