Civil Rights
Feb. 15, 2011
Teacher Statements On Trial
In a case both sides have described as unprecedented, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments about whether a high school student can sue a teacher for making statements that were hostile to religion.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
PASADENA - In a case both sides have described as unprecedented, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments about whether a high school student can sue a teacher for making statements hostile to religion.
"There's no case in the history of the country... in which any other teacher has been sued" for criticizing religion, Erwin Chemerinsky argued Friday on behalf of the ...
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