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Court: School can ban American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Court: School can ban American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

Court: School can ban American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo

A federal court judge ruled that officials at a California high school had a legal right to send home students wearing shirts showing the American flag on Cinco de Mayo because there was a reasonable fear that the images could lead to violence.

Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware of San Francisco ruled last week that it was not a violation of the freedom of speech for students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill to be ordered to turn their shirts with the American flag inside out or go home on May 5, 2010, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.Two students were sent home.

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