The Ellis County Press: Supreme Court wont rule in free speech case

Supreme Court wont rule in free speech case
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Editor on 01/14/2010 12:40:00


JOEY G. DAUBEN
The Ellis County Press
WAXAHACHIE - The U.S. Supreme Court won't be hearing a case involving a high
school student who sued the Waxahachie Independent School District for
censorship.
"Without comment Monday, the justices rejected an appeal from a high school
senior in suburban Dallas who sued the Waxahachie Independent School District
for political censorship," the Associated Press reported.
In 2007, Waxahachie High School student Pete Palmer and his lawyer father sued
the district for banning the wearing of a John Edwards for President T-shirt in
federal court.
The 5th Court of Appeals in New Orleans, a federal appellate court, upheld
WISD's dress code policy.
The Palmers appealed, which resulted in the U.S. Supreme Courts decision to side
with the lower court.
By not taking the case, the matter retains the decision from New Orleans,
several legal analysts said.