US EditionCourt Upholds School Ban on 'Let's Go Brandon' Shirts
- On Wednesday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Tri County Area School District’s ban on `Let’s Go Brandon` apparel in a 2-1 decision, upholding the lower court dismissal.
- Originating at a NASCAR event, NBC Sports reporter Kelli Stavast suggested a profanity-filled chant sounded like `Let’s go Brandon`, and Tri County Area School District barred it under its Student Code of Conduct and Dress Code.
- At Tri County Middle School in Howard City, the mother of two boys said her sons, one in sixth grade and one in eighth, received sweatshirts as Christmas gifts and were told to remove them because the phrase `means the F-word`.
- The majority wrote that schools can restrict vulgarity despite political protection, while Judge John K. Bush dissented, calling the sweatshirts `purely political speech` causing no disruption.
- The appeals panel noted political clothing supporting President Donald Trump, such as `Make America Great Again`, was permitted, and Tri County Area School District serves 1,750 children across three counties.
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Appeals court rules schools can ban ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ attire
‘Schools can also prohibit students from wearing apparel that can reasonably be interpreted as profane’ The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that schools can ban clothing emblazoned with the popular political slogan “Let’s Go Brandon.” The phrase originated in 2021 from an NBC reporter interviewing NASCAR driver Brandon Brown after his first victory. The crowd was chanting… Source
Court sides with school in ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ shirt case, says it's vulgar · American Wire News
A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a Michigan school that made two students wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” shirts remove them. The students, two brothers, believed their First Amendment rights were violated in 2022 when the Tri County Middle School ordered them to remove the shirts that sported the phrase mocking former President Joe Biden. In the initial lawsuit, the school’s attorney had argued that the district “does not prohibit students …
Sixth Circuit Rules In Favor of School Ban on “Let’s Go Brandon” Sweatshirts
We previously discussed the case of B.A. v. Tri County Area Schools, where two middle schoolers in Michigan were prevented from wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts. However, a divided panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that the school district was within its authority to ban the sweatshirts. The decision, in my view, is wrong, and this could prove a viable case for Supreme Court review, assuming that …
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