So the Alaskan kid with the "Bong hits 4 Jesus" banner was not backed by the Supreme Court even though he was not on school property when he was displaying the banner and even though he wasn't actually taking bong hits for Jesus.
The kid's defense was that the banner was an act of free speech, with the phrase taken from a snowboard, rather than an advocacy campaign for illegal drug use. Sorry kid, that's just a lame excuse - of course he was advocating pot smoking. The same kid got busted selling pot later. But I don't care if his banner said "Torture baby puppies for breast cancer" - as long as the kid isn't behaving illegally as he holds the banner, it's his right to spout any stupid nonsense he wants.
As Justice Paul Stevens said, this ruling "does serious violence to the First Amendment."
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