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World Trademark Review (blog)
February 14, 2018
It has, for example, also found to be scandalous: marks promoting violence (such as WIFE BEATER), marks synonymous with terrorism (such as AL-QAEDA), anti-religious marks (such as BONG HITS 4 JESUS), marks containing drug references (such as MARIJUANA COLA) and marks containing vulgarÃâà...
The Federalist
February 2, 2018
Alongside the American Civil Liberties Union, Christian legal groups defended a student's right to display a blasphemous “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” sign on school property in 2007's Morse v. Frederick. They defended the right of the Westboro Baptist Church to protest at the funerals of military veterans in 2011'sÃâà...
Lexology
January 30, 2018
Frederick, 551 U.S. 393 (2007) (allowing a K-12 school to discipline a student for flying a banner reading “BONG HiTs 4 JESUS” at an off-campus, school-approved activity because the banner could reasonably be viewed as promoting drug use); Bethel Sch. Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986)Ãâà...
Daily Nebraskan
October 23, 2016
Although my days were jam-packed with educational sessions, an incredible keynote lineup (Donna Brazile, Bob Woodward, Edward Snowden – it's OK to be jealous) and seemingly endless networking opportunities, I somehow found time to visit a handful of the staples of the nation's capital: the LincolnÃâà...
ABC News
June 27, 2007
A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that schools can punish a student -- without violating his First Amendment rights -- when he promotes illegal drug use at a school event. Writing for a 5-4 majority, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: "We hold that schools may take steps to safeguard those entrusted toÃâà...
CNN
June 27, 2007
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court ruled against a former high school student Monday in the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner case -- a split decision that limits students' free speech rights. Joseph Frederick was 18 when he unveiled the 14-foot paper sign on a public sidewalk outside his Juneau,Ãâà...
CNN
March 19, 2007
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court Monday debated the case of a high school principal who suspended a student over a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," banner displayed at a school-sponsored event. The free-speech case tests the limits of student messages officials could try to suppress. Joseph FrederickÃâà...
13abc.com
March 18, 2007
Joseph Frederick, a student rebel halfway through his senior year of high school, tried the patience of his principal when he displayed a drug-referenced sign reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" at a public parade in Juneau, Alaska, in 2002. The 18-year-old had fashioned a 14-foot paper banner, which he held asÃâà...
MyPalmBeachPost
December 31, 1999
Constitutional lawyer Bruce Rogow, a professor of law at Nova Southeastern University Law Center who has argued 11 cases before the Supreme Court, said petty disputes often create far-reaching law. He cited the 2007 “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case in which the high court expanded the ability of educators toÃâà...
TIME
December 31, 1999
Fraser, 1986) or advocates illegal drug use (i.e. the “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” banner at the center of 2007's Frederick v. Morse) — the majority in Tinker found that armband-wearing students weren't enough of a distraction to merit the school's response. And, looking back nearly five decades later, Mary BethÃâà...
