Protected Speech Case Finally Gets Resolved.
Easton Area School District, which is in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay the ACLU, attorneys for plaintiff students, $385,000 in fees for successfully upholding students’ rights to wear “I (heart) Boobies!” bracelets to promote breast-cancer awareness. District claimed they were lewd, but the case went up to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and vindicated protected speech rights in favor of the bracelets. Link to article.
HAT TIP—We thank Carter White for calling this settlement to our attention.
BLOG COMMENT—As shown below, there is an alternative interpretation of a “Booby.”
Blue-footed booby. Creator: Pete. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.