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bigtree

(86,004 posts) Sun Dec 31, 2017, 12:58 PM Dec 2017

THIS is America

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The Hill @thehill 20h20 hours ago
Federal court rules high school can't force football player to stand during national anthem

A federal court has ruled that a high school football player in California can't be forced by his school district to stand during the national anthem before football games, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

The student, identified as a Native American football player and referred to in court documents as "V.A.," was emulating NFL players who protest police brutality and racism during the national anthem before games, the news outlet reported.

The San Pasqual Valley Unified School District passed rules banning protests during the anthem after students at a majority-white neighboring school yelled racial slurs at San Pasqual Valley High School students when the player knelt during the anthem before a game, according to the Los Angeles Times.

"We are pleased with this outcome," Katie Traverso, V.A.'s attorney, said in a news release. "Students like our client who conscientiously carry their values and ideals with them, cannot be silenced or directed on what to say or not say by their school in this manner.”

She added that V.A. will now seek a permanent injunction banning the rule...

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THIS is America (Original Post) bigtree Dec 2017 OP

I want to see Kaeppernick back in uniform RandomAccess Dec 2017 #1

I want him in a suit holding political office. TeamPooka Dec 2017 #4

Oh, yes. That would work. RandomAccess Dec 2017 #6

K&R... spanone Dec 2017 #2

Great Story. I despise "The Hill" though. Their reich-wingers are nuts. bitterross Dec 2017 #3

It makes me angry that this even went to court... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #5

That's what courts do. TomSlick Jan 2018 #7

Ha ha! Fuck you, Fox News! Initech Jan 2018 #8

this is AMERICA Skittles Jan 2018 #9

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

1. I want to see Kaeppernick back in uniform

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 01:46 PM

Dec 2017

I am so thrilled with what he accomplished -- but I think it's really rotten that it cost him his career.

TeamPooka

(24,236 posts)

4. I want him in a suit holding political office.

Reply to RandomAccess (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 03:38 PM

Dec 2017

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

6. Oh, yes. That would work.

Reply to TeamPooka (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:25 PM

Dec 2017

spanone

(135,855 posts)

2. K&R...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 01:47 PM

Dec 2017

bitterross

(4,066 posts)

3. Great Story. I despise "The Hill" though. Their reich-wingers are nuts.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 03:00 PM

Dec 2017

It's like a train wreck for me. I have to go to The Hill site and read the comments every time. I'm never disappointed in them. They don't seem to live outside their echo chamber over there.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,108 posts)

5. It makes me angry that this even went to court...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 03:46 PM

Dec 2017

someone explain to me WHERE there is a law stating that someone MUST stand during the anthem. And if there were no laws broken, why was there a court case? What a farked up 'merica we live in now.
Yes, I know the School District passed rules....it still makes me mad.

TomSlick

(11,103 posts)

7. That's what courts do.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 12:50 AM

Jan 2018

Yes, the law is clear that no one can be made to stand for the anthem. The school district is locally elected and can be expected to do what the local yokels want. It takes a judge to do the right thing.

The system worked. The institutions held.