Picture On T-Shirt Of A Weapon That Only Exists In Star Wars Movie Causing Panty-Wadding In School
Eugene Volokh blogs in the WaPo that a seventh grader's Star Wars T-shirt was banned because the storm trooper was holding a weapon (or rather, a movie weapon).
And actually, all of you fun-squashing, expression-squashing dipshits, constitutional scholar/law prof Eugene explains:
Actually, even T-shirts depicting real weapons are constitutionally protected against K-12 school discipline, unless there's real evidence that the T-shirts are likely to substantially disrupt the educational process (something that's highly unlikely here); categorical bans on all depictions of weapons, regardless of whether they are disruptive, would be unconstitutionally overbroad.
And you gotta love Eugene for this line at the end:
Nor does Morse v. Frederick (2007), which allowed a school to discipline a student for display of a "Bong hits 4 Jesus" banner, change the analysis. The Supreme Court in Morse relied on its judgment (whether or not that judgment was correct) that the banner could be reasonably understood as promoting illegal drug use; yet nothing about this T-shirt can reasonably be understood as promoting illegal blaster use.
Absolutely nothing has changed since I got sent home from high school for wearing a Boone's Farm T-Shirt back ye olde days.
Bolillo_SCZ at December 16, 2015 10:43 PM
Related: New York sticks it to big retailers (who, of course, roll over rather than fighting back). Their horrible crime? Selling toy guns. Tip: If you want to murder a cop in New York, dab some fluorescent green paint on your gun first.
Cousin Dave at December 17, 2015 5:26 AM
When you outlaw blasters, only outlaws will have blasters!
Tho, I will say never bring a blaster to a light saber fight.
Wut? I find your lack of faith disturbing.
I R A Darth Aggie at December 17, 2015 7:19 AM
Yeah, but then they'll shoot first and it'll be chaos.
Conan the Grammarian at December 17, 2015 9:45 AM
"This isn't the shirt you want to ban . . ."
I guess his Jedi mind trick didn't work.
charles at December 17, 2015 10:47 AM
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