robdastud
Junior Member
I can't believe we pay people exhorbant amounts of money for this....
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Former Whitewater special counsel Kenneth Starr petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Alaska's "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case, a dispute involving a high school student, a banner and a tough school policy.
The appeals court sided with a high school student who displayed a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" during an Olympic torch relay in 2002. It ruled former Juneau-Douglas High School principal Deborah Morse violated former student Joseph Frederick's free speech rights.
"The principal's actions were so outrageous, basically leaving school grounds and punishing a student for a message that is not damaging to the school," said his attorney, Doug Mertz.
"The district's decision to move forward is not disrespectful to the First Amendment or the rights of students," she said. "This is an important question about how the First Amendment applies to pro-drug messages in an educational setting."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/29/bonghits.4jesus.ap/index.html
last time i checked a bong was used to smoke tobacco?? what if he said "blunts" for jesus?? i mean those are cigars...
i dunno it seems foolish that we are actually wasting resources on this unimportant petty bs...
Starr, of the Los Angeles-based firm Kirkland & Ellis, took the case pro bono.
as he would do it for free...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Former Whitewater special counsel Kenneth Starr petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Alaska's "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case, a dispute involving a high school student, a banner and a tough school policy.
The appeals court sided with a high school student who displayed a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" during an Olympic torch relay in 2002. It ruled former Juneau-Douglas High School principal Deborah Morse violated former student Joseph Frederick's free speech rights.
"The principal's actions were so outrageous, basically leaving school grounds and punishing a student for a message that is not damaging to the school," said his attorney, Doug Mertz.
"The district's decision to move forward is not disrespectful to the First Amendment or the rights of students," she said. "This is an important question about how the First Amendment applies to pro-drug messages in an educational setting."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/29/bonghits.4jesus.ap/index.html
last time i checked a bong was used to smoke tobacco?? what if he said "blunts" for jesus?? i mean those are cigars...
i dunno it seems foolish that we are actually wasting resources on this unimportant petty bs...
Starr, of the Los Angeles-based firm Kirkland & Ellis, took the case pro bono.
as he would do it for free...