Were T-shirts worn by Palmerton Area students free speech?

When students decided to use their perceived First Amendment rights to protest Palmerton Area School District 's dress code last week, they trekked into a 40-year-old legal landscape that has been more tested and traversed than the zinc-polluted mountain that looms above their Carbon County community.

[J Smith]

It was free speach. We need the ACLU to save us from the h*ll plamerton is, and from the solictor. Palmerton is a sick place.

[zimmie]

J Smith
Whitby, Canada
"It was free speach. We need the ACLU to save us from the h*ll plamerton is, and from the solictor. Palmerton is a sick place."

Couldn't agree more! Palmerton is beautiful - only a small handful of people are mean and miserable, but they have big mouths, and nothing good to say, so they ruin this place. Hope the people finally wise up and vote from some decency around here. Someone who doesn't have his own political agenda.

[conservatives rock]

when the rules were being discussed that was the time to voice an opinion, not after the rules were made-I have very little respect for those who cry to the ACLU when they want things their way. The majority should not cowtow to a few cry babies. I dislike when the cry babies get their way because of cost of legal fees. The ACLU is responsible for the loss of morales, ethics and traditions in this country and have not made America a better place to live. When children pay the taxes for the school system provided, then you hae a say-until then, respect those who proved you an education

[Fabioso]

conservatives rock wrote:

when the rules were being discussed that was the time to voice an opinion, not after the rules were made-I have very little respect for those who cry to the ACLU when they want things their way. The majority should not cowtow to a few cry babies. I dislike when the cry babies get their way because of cost of legal fees. The ACLU is responsible for the loss of morales, ethics and traditions in this country and have not made America a better place to live. When children pay the taxes for the school system provided, then you hae a say-until then, respect those who proved you an education

Another conservative that missed too much civics class.

Constitutional rights are not subject to the whim of the majority. That's the whole point of having them in the first place.

[conservatives rock]

Fabioso wrote:

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Another conservative that missed too much civics class.
Constitutional rights are not subject to the whim of the majority. That's the whole point of having them in the first place.

nor the minority-and I never missed civis class-my point was, rather than handle the problem by themselves, they had to run & cry to the ACLU who I do not feel should receive taxpayers money. I think in trying to defend rights, they have destroyed part of this country. Further, don't attack me because I am a conservative-I gave my opinion which I expect you to do as well but let's be civil. I just don't happen to agree with the way this was handled-their t-shirts didn't bother me, it was how they handled it. An let's not forget the solicitor for the school has more knowledge than the students. You are too quick to start a fight-don't we have more important problems in this world than fighting with each other? This t-shirt business as far as I am concerned, was simply trivial. The country is at war, the economy is bad etc and we are arguing about t-shirts! Isn't that silly

[Fabioso]

conservatives rock wrote:

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nor the minority-and I never missed civis class-my point was, rather than handle the problem by themselves, they had to run & cry to the ACLU who I do not feel should receive taxpayers money. I think in trying to defend rights, they have destroyed part of this country. Further, don't attack me because I am a conservative-I gave my opinion which I expect you to do as well but let's be civil. I just don't happen to agree with the way this was handled-their t-shirts didn't bother me, it was how they handled it. An let's not forget the solicitor for the school has more knowledge than the students. You are too quick to start a fight-don't we have more important problems in this world than fighting with each other? This t-shirt business as far as I am concerned, was simply trivial. The country is at war, the economy is bad etc and we are arguing about t-shirts! Isn't that silly

That's what the ACLU is for: holding the government accountable for offenses like this, and thank God they do it too.

As far as I know, we don't give up our constitutional rights because some idiots started a war.

[mcnasty95]

would anyone complain if they were wet t shirts?