Originally published at: MAKE SCHOOL GREAT AGAIN: Student Suspended for Pro-Trump Shirt to RECEIVE APOLOGY, $25,000 | Sean Hannity
A federal judge ruled this week that a local high school student had his First Amendment rights violated when district officials suspended the young man for wearing a pro-Trump t-shirt; demanding they pay the student $25,000 and issue a formal apology.
According to the Oregonian, 18-year old senior Addison Barnes was suspended in January for wearing a shirt that read “Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.” with the slogan “The Wall Just Got 10 Feet Taller” written across the back.
“A federal judge Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order, barring Hillsboro’s Liberty High School from preventing senior Addison Barnes from wearing his pro-border wall T-shirt to school for the rest of this school year,” wrote the Oregonian earlier this year.
Now the school district is ordered to pay the student $25,000 and issue a formal apology for violating his First Amendment rights.
"I brought this case to stand up for myself and other students who might be afraid to express their right-of-center views,’’ Barnes said in a statement. "Everyone knows that if a student wears an anti-Trump shirt to school, the teachers won’t think twice about it. But when I wore a pro-Trump shirt, I got suspended. That’s not right.’’
Read the full story here.
