Supreme Court rejects appeal over Michigan school’s ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirts

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to a school district's ban on shirts with the phrase "Let's Go Brandon, ".

Key points

• The school informed her sons to take off the sweatshirts she purchased them for Christmas in 2022.
• The phrase is a jab at former President Joe Biden with a coded reference to profanity.
• Lower courts upheld the ban, finding the veiled vulgarity of the phrase allows schools to ban it.
• The woman's attorneys argued that the decision wrongly gives school authorities wide latitude to squelch political speech based on their personal ideas of what is vulgar.

For context, the phrase is a jab at former President Joe Biden with a coded reference to profanity. A Michigan mother of two notes the school's ban is a First Amendment violation.

For context, the school informed her sons to take off the sweatshirts she purchased them for Christmas in 2022.

Lower courts upheld the ban, finding the veiled vulgarity of the phrase allows schools to ban it. It functions as a stand-in for "F– Joe Biden."

For context, the woman's attorneys argued that the decision wrongly gives school authorities wide latitude to squelch political speech based on their personal ideas of what is vulgar. The phrase itself doesn't contain any swear words or sexual implications, they remarked.

For context, the school district pressed the justices to reject the case, arguing that messages with lewd implications have no place in school, even if they touch on political topics. There has been evidence that some students wore clothing that read "Make America Great Again" or had messages supporting President Donald Trump, a Republican who lost the 2020 election to Biden, a Democrat.

Taken together, the developments around supreme Court rejects appeal over Michigan schools ban on 'Let's Go Brandon' point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.