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Justice Samuel Alito went to the mat for “controversial, offensive, or disfavored views” in a case about a Massachusetts middle school student punished for political messages emblazoned on a T-shirt.

Dissenting from the denial to grant the petition for writ of certiorari in the case stylized as Morrison v. Town of Middleborough, the justice chided his colleagues for allowing “confusion” to “linger” about the proper application of long-standing First Amendment case law.

In the case, Liam Morrison, a 7th grader at the time, protested his school’s LGBTQ Pride day by wearing a T-shirt reading “There Are Only Two Genders” to class and was promptly sent home. In the ensuing days, more protesters and counterprotesters joined the dispute — but picketed outside the school grounds. Morrison, back at school, wore the T-shirt with the word “CENSORED” taped over “Only Two” and was again punished by administrators.

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[-] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Quick, while the lie's still on his tongue, ask him if he'd afford the same first ammendment protections to a kid wearing a pride shirt that says "Love is love!"

I love hearing some supreme court hipocricy with my coffee in the morning...

[-] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

How has he ruled in any of the Palestine free speech cases?

[-] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago

That kids family are using him as a troll and ruining his childhood.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I dunno. My parents reared me in a cult. A good 2/3 of the kids there would wear something like this of their own volition. I mean I did plenty just for shock value but never anything like this

[-] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A 7th grader? That's like what 11 years old and you're already a bigoted prick? Something tells me there's a household of fox news obsessed assholes rotting this kids brain or he spent entirely way too much time on 4chan before it was taken down.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

7th grade is usually 12 or 13 but judging by this kid’s behavior could be as high as 17.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago

Something tells me that Alito wouldn't be so understanding of a shirt that reads "SCOTUS can lick my scrotus."

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

He'd buy one for Thomas too what are you smoking

[-] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago

SCOTUS only ratchets this free speech in one direction.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Weird, I don't remember him dissenting when the Supreme Court decided not to hear the case against Arkansas' anti-BDS law. I guess the government dictating who you're allowed to boycott isn't as big a threat to free speech as a middle-school dress code

[-] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

Or --

When children are required by law to be schooled, and when the State provides public schools for that purpose, maybe, just maybe, the students who attend those schools for the purposes of general education should not have that purpose politicized.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Liam needs a good old fashioned boot up the ass, what the fuck are his hateful parents doing? CPS should be getting involved, because that kid has been abused to think that behavior is okay.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

protested his school’s LGBTQ Pride day by wearing a T-shirt reading “There Are Only Two Genders” to class and was promptly sent home

Seriously? That's not even offensive, that's just wrong. I understand you can be embarrassed or saddened by someone's stupidity but offended?

Morrison, back at school, wore the T-shirt with the word “CENSORED” taped over “Only Two” and was again punished by administrators.

At this point they are simply punishing protesting.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Do you want school uniforms? Because this is how you get school uniforms.

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