No Bong Hits 4 Jesus

The slippery slope of student rights to free speech just got a little more slippery. On Monday, June 25, 2007, the United States Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, holding that a principal did not violate a student's First Amendment Constitutional Rights by forcing him to take down a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" at a school sponsored event. See the case Morse, et al. v. Frederick. Freedom of Speech is one of the most fundamental and important rights given to the citizens of a free society. Some societies restrict speech in an effort to consolidate power and to limit the free flow of ideas amongst their citizens, for example, Iran recently banned journalists from publishing any negative news on the administrations fuel View the rest of this article