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"Cheerleader's silence not 'disruptive'"

"Cheerleader's silence not 'disruptive'": Online at the First Amendment Center, David L. Hudson Jr. has an essay that begins, "Can a silent cheerleader disrupt school activities? Is there a legitimate educational reason to punish a student for refusing to cheer for her alleged attacker? These questions form the basis for an appeal to the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals filed on behalf of a former Texas cheerleader (known as H.S. in court papers), who was kicked off the Silsbee High School squad after she didn't cheer for a basketball player who allegedly sexually assaulted her after a football game."

As I noted in this recent post, Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle had this lengthy article about the case in last Friday's issue of that newspaper.

Full post as published by How Appealing on November 11, 2010 (boomark / email).