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. A pretty clear First Amendment violation, then, on the school district’s part.
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