Eighth-grader suspended for not removing patriotic T-shirt depicting a fallen soldier’s rifle

The Volokh Conspiracy 2015-10-13

Summary:

Peter Holley (The Post’s Morning Mix) reports: [Alan Holmes, an eighth-grade student in Gresham, Ore.,] wanted to demonstrate that patriotism last week by wearing a T-shirt to school that included a design memorializing fallen soldiers and bearing the words “Standing for those who stood for us,” according to KATU. Instead, the image on his shirt […]

Link:

http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/669424/s/4a9be12e/sc/38/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cnews0Cvolokh0Econspiracy0Cwp0C20A150C10A0C120Ceighth0Egrader0Esuspended0Efor0Enot0Eremoving0Epatriotic0Et0Eshirt0Edepicting0Ea0Efallen0Esoldiers0Erifle0C/story01.htm

From feeds:

Cyberlaw » The Volokh Conspiracy

Tags:

freedom of speech at k-12 schools

Authors:

Eugene Volokh

Date tagged:

10/13/2015, 18:36

Date published:

10/12/2015, 12:03