The Fourth Circuit Court has refused to hear an appeal from the Albemarle County Schools Board in the suit brought against them in late 2002 by the family of a Jack Jouett student, WINA reports. Twelve-year-old Alan Newsome was not permitted to wear his NRA t-shirt to school, despite there being no rule to the contrary. (Notably, the logo of Albemarle High School is a man carrying a gun, and the logo of UVa is two crossed swords.) With the support of the NRA, Newsome sued for the right to wear the shirt, and won last month. With the denial of the school board’s appeal, that ends the case in Newsome’s favor.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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Yay!
1. What were they thinking?
2……… and to then appeal – boggles the mind.
isn’t there far more worst things to wear to school like:
Bush for 2004
God Bless America
I Support the Troops
Free Iraq
Free Kobe
Free Saddam
Free Dean
I Watch FoxNews
The ACLU sued everyone in sight and all I got was this lousy shirt
and the funniest shirt I ever saw:
Homosexuals Are Gay
Just so you know, the lawsuit is NOT really over…the petition for re-hearing of the preliminary injunction was overturned. Alan’s allowed to wear the shirt until the suit comes forth. The $150,000 lawsuit trial date concerning Alan’s constitutional rights has not yet been set.
Just setting WINA’s facts straight…a lot of people have been confused about this issue.
There’s a shirt out there, similar but more clever, that’s pink and that says "Homophobia is Gay."
The same people make one that says "Shoot Pigs in the Face."
The lawsuit you speak to – Is this for damages of some nature brought by Alan et al?
Yep. It was in the Progress/AP story last month. The Newsom family is suing the school system specifically for $150,000, stating that Alan’s right to free speech was violated. The suit was brought by Newsom’s father, and I’mnot entirely sure if the NRA is involved in this lawsuit specifially. They were mainly involved in the preliminary injunction. I’m sure they’ll have some interest in the rest though.
All the appeal court’s ruling does is force the Charlottesville judge to find a different standard by which to stop Alan wearing the shirt and forces the school board to look at Jouett’s code a little more closely, since the three judges said said that it might be "unconstitutional."
tnx
My favorite t-shirts:
"Cars are people too"
and
*picture of a hypodermic needle*
"Just do it"