Tue Jun 26 19:48:40 2007 -- RulingOnSpeech
The recent Supreme Court ruling found not only that children are not entitled to freedom of speech on campus, but also off campus where the banner "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" could be seen. Chief Justice Roberts in the spirit of the Conservative agenda seemed to think that it was not only appropriate realizing that the banner promoted the use of illegal drugs and marijuana pipes. I find the whole case bothersome. We teach kids in school that they can say whatever they want, with some limit, but essentially free. Then we tell them at the same time that they cannot say what they like in school, because for whatever reason we try to censor the world for kids in school. I see no reason why anyone would find the ruling to be valid, and not a slap in the face to the Constitution, but also to precedent that has been set with the Supreme court before. In addition I wrote a PowerPoint in support of banning the prohibition on Cannabis for my politics class, and you can download it and read it here...
http://www.harkeyahh.com/docs/leaglize.pdf (PDF Format) For the security of myself and the student that helped me write it I have not published my name or the persons name that authored the portion on the drug war. The sources should relate to all of the data, but in case it doesn't, then shoot me an email, and I'll get the other sources if you need them.
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