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The tyrants of Watson Chapel

The Watson Chapel School District was soundly thrashed by federal judge Leon Holmes for punishing students who wore armbands as a symbol of protest and for requiring prior approval of literature before it's distributed. But, with a state taxpayer fund available to litigate until the end of time, or at least to the U.S. Supreme Court, the district has decided to appeal the judge's decision in the ACLU-brought case, which is well-grounded in case law.

First Amendment? They don't teach it in Watson Chapel.

Posted by Max Brantley on October 12, 2007 04:13 PM |

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How about inserting AT's original blog on this...ran out of ginseng a few days ago..jog my memory on the details.
Thank you.
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Posted by: eLwood [TypeKey Profile Page] | October 12, 2007 06:34 PM

Rather than posting the entire text, here are the links to the October 2006 entries:

From Arkansas Times Blog, October 5, 2006
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2006/10/the_first_amendment_and_watson.aspx#comments

From Arkansas Times Blog, October 6
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2006/10/see_you_in_court_coach.aspx#comments

From Arkansas Times Blog, October 19
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2006/10/judge_allows_wristbands_in_wat.aspx#comments


"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
George Orwell

Posted by: Zatharus [TypeKey Profile Page] | October 14, 2007 10:59 AM

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