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I fail to see how a schools prohibition or even suspension for certain conduct is in ANY way infringing on first amendment rights.
First Amendment rights have and ALWAYS have come with a caveat. You are allowed to say what you want when you want, but you must also accept the consequences. the First Amendment allows you to yell fire in a crowded building, but that does not mean you aren't breaking other laws. Just as the First Amendment allowed him to wear the t-shirt, a school prohibiting him from wearing it does not impede his rights.
School Authority != Government Authority. If they want to prohibit people from dying their hair in their high school, they can do so without violating a student's right to "expression." The students are still absolutely freee to exercise their rights, but they must accept the consequences clearly laid out in my school's rules.
And furthermore, he's not "rewriting" the Constitution or any such nonsense. The decision has a firm legal standing and it AGREES with the Constitution, whether you agree with HIM or not.
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