Supreme Court rejects appeal over Michigan school’s ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirts
The justices left intact a ruling that schools may bar the slogan as veiled profanity, ending a challenge backed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a First Amendment appeal from two Michigan middle school students ordered to remove sweatshirts emblazoned with "Let's Go Brandon." The justices left in place an appeals court decision favoring the school district.
- Tri County Area Schools officials ordered the brothers to remove the sweatshirts in 2022, arguing the phrase functioned as a stand-in for "F- Joe Biden." A lower court ruled schools could reasonably determine the message was vulgar based on its commonly understood meaning.
- In his dissent, Judge Bush characterized "Let's Go Brandon" as a "national inside joke" similar to the 1984 Wendy "Where's the Beef?" slogan. Lawyer Lisa Blatt argued lewd speech in "sanitized code, innuendo, and double meaning" remains unprotected in classrooms.
- This decision leaves the 1986 Supreme Court precedent on vulgar school speech undisturbed, preserving standards set by the 1969 Tinker decision from Des Moines. The case could have clarified student free-speech rights nearly six decades after that landmark ruling.
- In June, the justices rejected an appeal from a Michigan student barred from wearing a hat featuring an AR-style rifle and the phrase "come and take it." The Supreme Court has shown reluctance to intervene in student speech disputes.
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Supreme Court declines Michigan ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ free speech case - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a free speech case involving two Michigan brothers who were disciplined for wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” apparel to school. That was the end-of-the-line for the case, after previously losing an appeal in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a national nonprofit that defends free speech, represented the two students in court. T…
Supreme Court Won't Hear Case of Students Banned from Wearing 'Let's Go Brandon' Sweatshirts
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from two Michigan middle school students barred from wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts, leaving a lower-court ruling in place that the slogan could be prohibited as vulgar speech. The justices gave
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