The Liberty Justice Center has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in support of two Michigan middle school students challenging their school’s ban on sweatshirts featuring the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon.”
The case, B.A. v. Tri County Area Schools, raises significant questions about the limits of free speech in schools and the interpretation of First Amendment rights for students.
In 2022, Tri County Middle School prohibited two brothers from wearing sweatshirts with the politically charged phrase “Let’s Go Brandon.” The school claimed the phrase violated its policy against “lewd, indecent, vulgar, or profane” speech. The boys’ family subsequently filed a lawsuit, arguing the ban was an unconstitutional restriction on political speech…