The justices declined to review a Michigan school dispute over whether students may wear the political slogan in class.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal challenging a Michigan school district’s decision to prohibit students from wearing sweatshirts displaying the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon.”
The dispute centered on whether public-school officials violated the First Amendment by treating the political slogan as an indirect vulgarity and requiring two students to remove the sweatshirts.
Lower courts upheld the school district’s action, concluding that the phrase could be regulated as veiled vulgarity even though it also carries a political message.
The Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case leaves the lower-court ruling in place. A denial of review does not amount to a Supreme Court ruling on the merits and does not create a new nationwide precedent.
The case is part of the continuing legal debate over how far public schools may go in regulating student political expression.
Source: Associated Press via CBS News.
