"Bong Hits 4 Jesus" turned our conservative SCOTUS into liberal pansies. What is going on?????

Our so called conservative justices make a HUGH embarrassment out of themselves ruling against free speech today. If they kid had the banner on school grounds, i could MAYBE see this ruling. But having on public property? To make things worse, the LIBERALS on the court actually stood up for free speech. What is wrong with this country when the conservatives are against the constitution, and the libs are for it? I call on all of the Bush appointees to resign so we can get some REAL conservatives on the bench. I cannot believe Bush appointed liberal pansies!

"Bong Hits 4 Jesus" turned our conservative SCOTUS into liberal pansies. What is going on?????
you can't believe that Bush appointed liberals? are you SERIOUS? HE IS THE BIGGEST LIBERAL we have seen in a LONG time...
Reply:If Bush had nominated dyed in the wool conservatives, they never would have gotten congressional approval.

However, regardless of what the defendant's position was, it does advocate disobedience of a law. To say it was just advocating his right to say anything is shot to hell when you see that he's got a prior for posession with intent to sell. What if I put a banner on a highway overpass saying "Speeding is fun, besides they can't catch all of us!"?

There will always be restrictions on how far and in what instances individuals can stretch the 1st Amendment.
Reply:Okay, this kid was at a school sponsored function. Now I'm sure we can all remember back when we used to go on field trips we were all told that the school rules still applied. So even though he was not on school grounds he was still with his school and representing his school.



Secondly, this was not some innocent, bright teen who was stomped on by a conservative government and had his rights abolished. This was a trouble-making student who was constantly in trouble who decided to make a sign that was intentionally offensive not just to his school administration but to anyone who saw it. "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" is not a political statement, it's a stoned teenager who thinks he's funny by being an idiot.



Third of all, I have no problem with out school administrators or our government discouraging teenagers from using illicit drugs. I was a former school teacher on the high school and middle school level and the amount of drugs these kids are exposed to is unreal. What is especially discouraging is the lenient attitude most school administrators and parents take towards marijuana... how it is a recreational drug and no more dangerous than alcohol. Although I agree with this, we still shouldn't encourage young people with impressionable minds to destroy their braincells and waste time getting stoned when these are the years they should be working hard to make something out of their lives.



Also, I am a liberal. I am a Democrat liberal who stands COMPLETELY in favor of free speech. But this wasn't a free speech issue. This was some stoned teenager whose parents obviously had dropped the ball years ago trying to be a smart alec and making a cheap pot joke to embarrass his school. When he got punished... which he should have been... he decided to fight the system because he felt his rights had been denied. Really, he was just denied the right to be a loser pothead with a marginal sense of humor.
Reply:It was the proper ruling.



the REAL freedom of speech issue was also ruled on today. The right to speak before an election.-- libs lost.