Supreme Court May Hear Case on Banning US flag on Cinco de Mayo

Supreme Court May Hear Case on Banning US flag on Cinco de Mayo

by William Bigelow30 Mar 2015

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2015/03/30/supreme-court-may-hear-case-on-banning-us-flag-on-cinco-de-mayo/

The U.S. Supreme Court, prompted by the May 5, 2010 incident at Live Oak High School near San Jose where several students were punished after they wore shirts emblazoned with the American flag on Cinco de Mayo, may institute new standards for free speech.

On Cinco de Mayo 2009, Mexican-American students at the school raised a Mexican flag and marched around the campus, some white students responded by chanting, “USA! USA!” The white students answered one year later with the shirts adorned by American flags; the Mexican-American students then called them racists and protested to Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez.

Rodriguez told some of the white students wearing the shirts to American flag to turn their shirts inside out or leave the school; they left the school. Parents including John and Dianna Dariano and two other families then sued the school, filing a free-speech suit (Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District), but a federal judge in San Francisco said the school was trying to prevent violence. That decision was upheld by the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco in 2014, when it refused to rehear the case.

The Supreme Court’s standard has been that the First Amendment protects the rights of students to peacefully protest at school, as long as there is no subsequent “substantial disruption.”

In February 2014, William Becker, an attorney representing the students, said that if the appeals court refused to rehear the case, he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying, “The 9th Circuit upheld the rights of Mexican students celebrating a holiday of another country over U.S. student proudly supporting this country.”

Now an appeal in Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District stands before the Supreme Court, asking whether wearing an American flag in an American, taxpayer-funded school is deemed an unnecessary provocation against Mexican aliens celebrating a Mexican holiday, or stands as a 1st Amendment right. The school district’s attorneys want the Supreme Court to dismiss the case; but some 1st Amendment lawyers think the Supreme Court may consider the matter, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The only case involving free speech and public schools considered by the Supreme Court in recent years occurred in 2007, when the court said a principal could discipline a student with a banner reading, “Bong Hits for Jesus.” The court stated that the banner could be construed as promoting illegal drugs.

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Ron Gonzales was the mayor for San Jose (CA), is a director at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and Allen Ruby is his attorney.

Note: Raben Group is the lobby firm for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a public relations firm for Mexico, and was the lobby firm for the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Ernesto Zedillo was the president for Mexico, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

George Soros is a board member for the International Crisis Group, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was married in 2013, and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the American Constitution Society.

Gavin Newsom was an invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception, the San Francisco (CA) mayor, and is the lieutenant governor for the California state government.

Melody C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress, a principal for the Raben Group, a domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.

Robert Raben is the president of the Raben Group, was a director at the American Constitution Society, and an assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Eric H. Holder Jr. was a board member for the American Constitution Society, a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, is the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, and a trustee at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Alex Kozinski was an attorney at Covington & Burling LLP, and is the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Jerome Farris is a senior judge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and a trustee at Morehouse College.

Spike Lee was a trustee at Morehouse College, and is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner.

Louis W. Sullivan is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and was the president of the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, Antoinette Cook Bush’s stepfather, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Antoinette Cook Bush is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s stepdaughter, and was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Allen Ruby is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and is Ron Gonzales’s attorney.

Ron Gonzales’s attorney is Allen Ruby, a director at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and was the mayor for San Jose (CA).

Joyce Foundation was a funder for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Valerie B. Jarrett was a director at the Joyce Foundation, is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.                    

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  

Kathleen L. Brown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Jerry Brown’s sister, and was the California state government treasurer.

Jerry Brown is Kathleen L. Brown’s brother, and the California state government governor.

Gavin Newsom is the lieutenant governor for the California state government, was the San Francisco (CA) mayor, and an invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.