A full federal appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments about whether school districts may bar students from wearing the popular "I ♥ Boobies" wristbands promoting breast-cancer awareness.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, in Philadelphia, is reviewing a 2011 decision by a federal district judge to block the Easton Area School District in Pennsylvania from enforcing a ban on the wristbands.
"The district court's treatment of the constitutional issues raised threatens to open the school gates to a flood of cause-based marketing—energized by clever sexual double-entendres—that pushes the limits of propriety in public schools and imposes a substantial risk of disruption and distraction," John E. Freund III told the 3rd Circuit on Feb. 20. [Note: I listened to the audio recording of the arguments, which are available at this link.]
