Pubdate: Thu, 22 Mar 2007
Source: Boulder Weekly (CO)
Copyright: 2007 Boulder Weekly
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THE SUPREME COURT GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL

Advocates of free speech, marijuana decriminalization and locker-room
hijinks are all paying close attention to a case currently before the
U.S. Supreme Court. In 2002, Joseph Frederick, then a high school
student in Juneau, Alaska, displayed a 14-foot sign reading "Bong Hits
4 Jesus" as the Olympic torch passed by the school on its way to Salt
Lake City. Principal Deborah Morse (aka Professor Buzzkill) suspended
Frederick for 10 days for displaying the sign. Frederick then filed a
lawsuit against Morse, claiming she had violated his right to free
speech. A federal appeals court agreed. Thus far the nation's highest
court seems divided on the matter of "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," though
Justice Anthony Kennedy has referred to the banner as being
"sophomoric." But Kennedy couldn't be more wrong. Frederick was a
senior at the time of the prank.
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