A teacher who wore a MAGA hat to school was protected under the First Amendment, an appeals court has ruled.
— The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a former teacher in Vancouver, Washington, concluding that his wearing a hat supporting former President Donald Trump to school was protected speech under the First Amendment.
Wy'east Middle School Principal Caroline Garret allegedly told him to use better judgment. Dodge said he was"verbally attacked" by Garret and other school employees after bringing the hat again, and that retaliation amounted to a violation of his First Amendment rights. "That some may not like the political message being conveyed is par for the course and cannot itself be a basis for finding disruption of a kind that outweighs the speaker's First Amendment rights," Judge Danielle J. Forrest wrote in the opinion.
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