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Constitutional Law

Apr. 22, 2006

Panel Denies Student the Right to Wear an Anti-Gay T-Shirt

A San Diego student has no First Amendment right to wear an anti-gay T-shirt at his public high school, a split federal appeals court panel ruled Thursday.

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A San Diego student has no First Amendment right to wear an anti-gay T-shirt at his public high school, a split federal appeals court panel ruled Thursday.
      By a 2-1 vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that Poway Unified School District could prohibit Tyler Chase Harper from wearing his T-shirt, which read o...

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