Yet another barely-majority decision in the US supreme court, this time on the kids who held up a poster to camera crews off-campus during a special event. it appears the big controversies are 1) what ’school-sanctioned’ means, and 2) whether or not kids actually have the right to free speech in schools.Advancing the latter argument, some totally choice opinioning by Clarence Thomas:
“In my view, petitioners could prevail for a much simpler reason: As originally understood, the Constitution does not afford students a right to free speech in public schools.”
“[I]n the earliest public schools, teachers taught, and students listened. Teachers commanded, and students obeyed. Teachers did not rely solely on the power of ideas to persuade; they relied on discipline to maintain order….”
i wonder if the students being conceived here are defined as minors, or students up to high school, or if instead there is some leeway to interpret students at public schools as including university students. probably not important, but legal distinctions are that way. And that second quote needs some more context because it sounds too grumptastic and trollish just sitting there like that.
okay, article 2: STRONG MACHINE 2
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieFmMmgYY3E]
<br>[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9wSMuCJCkQ] –a special version of the video for I My Me Mine by The Polysics (who apparently have a new album?).
obviously, if the authorities tried to stop Strong Machine 2 from working her stuff, they would have a pretty serious challenge on their hands.