Make Borden: Be aware that I probably only cover about a tenth to a third of all stories involving the leftist/Democrat blacklisting of innocents. My list of stories is long, but it pales when compared to the reality of oppression that now rules the left.

GWB: You might want to read the lawsuit complaint which I link to in this earlier blacklist story:

Pushback: FIRE sues school for banning students from wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” shirts

The circumstances are almost identical, and FIRE details at great lengths the number of court cases that support the student’s right to wear shirts with political statements.

But, most assuredly, work (and school) can tell you to shut your pie hole and get on with the job at hand.

GWB: Actually, numerous court rulings have said that Liam is right about the freedom to speak his opinions in public schools. These are government institutions, not private facilities, and the courts have ruled (including the Supreme Court) that no school official can deny students their free speech. I am almost certain one court case involved an anti-war T-Shirt in the late 1960s.

He will win for this reason.

Note too that the courts have ruled that schools cannot ban offensive language on shirts.

I have been told that my shirt was targeting a protected class.
And protected classes have always seemed to me to be unconstitutional.

I don’t complain when I see pride flags and diversity posters hung throughout the school.
You should. Because it’s an unconstitutional establishment of religion. And you should not have to deal with it.

I have a right to express those opinions. Even at school.
Actually, you’re wrong, kid. It’s the same as a corporate environment. You can be restricted from saying anything, as long as the restriction is content neutral. And your speech cannot be disruptive (since disruption of the learning environment defeats the purpose of everyone being there). What you express privately when allowed to conduct private conversations (“private” = “what two or more people say among themselves, but not as a public broadcast”) is a different matter.
Having said that, what the public employees say should be restricted, as well. IOW, all those gay pride flags are in violation of any speech limitations the school imposes for purposes of non-disruption.

Morrison is almost certain to win in court.
But not because he can just say anything he wants on his tshirt. Because they made it about offending some unnamed party, and threw in “protected class”. Not offending someone in a protected class is wholly inadequate reason to bar his speech. You can’t even justify it on the basis of anything in federal law. (Massachusetts law may be otherwise; and thereby constitutionally questionable.)

Of course, this could all be dealt with by simply stating that no clothing with statements or endorsements will be worn – basically nothing with words above and beyond a clothing brand name. And the restriction would be upheld since it’s entirely content neutral. Or you impose a simple uniform. Or you allow a free-for-all, since the idea of moderated language in a public setting is no longer a virtue in America.