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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781600403321

Autore

Foster James C (James Carl)

Titolo

BONG HiTS 4 JESUS [[electronic resource] ] : a perfect constitutional storm in Alaska's capital / / James C. Foster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2010

ISBN

1-60223-090-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/53

Soggetti

Freedom of speech - United States

High school students - Legal status, laws, etc - Alaska

High school students - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

High school students - Civil rights - Alaska

High school students - Civil rights - United States

United States

Alaska

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Harmonic convergence in Juneau : [in]famous for fifteen minutes -- The tentative tinker rule -- From black armbands to colliding tubas -- A new century, a different court -- The Ninth Circuit weighs in -- No-so-brief battles, not such odd bedfellows -- "Up in smoke at the high court" -- Five takes on a single event -- Lost opportunities and failure of imagination.

Sommario/riassunto

In January 2002, for the first time, the Olympic Torch Relay visited Alaska on its way to the Winter Games. When the relay runner and accompanying camera cars passed Juneau-Douglas High School, senior Joseph Frederick and several friends unfurled a fourteen-foot banner reading ""BONG HiTS 4 JESUS."" An in-depth look at student rights within a public high school, this book chronicles the events that followed: Frederick's suspension, the subsequent suit against the school district, and, ultimately, the escalation of a local conflict into a federal case. Brought to life through interviews with th.