Father has filed a lawsuit Ohio School District He claimed to have “punished” his son who went to school in a “Let’s Go Brandon” T-shirt.
Fox News Digital obtained lawsuit accusing teachers and principal of Madison High School in Mansfield Students’ First Amendment Rights Freedom of speech and due process rights to the 14th Amendment, when he was punished for wearing a shirt several times to school.
According to the lawsuit, the first incident occurred in November, when the boy wore a T-shirt under a flannel shirt in the corridor before class began.
A teacher identified as a registered Democrat allegedly made the boy’s button-on-shirt cover the message and told him: “I know what that means.”
A “Let’s Go Brandon!” Signature in the Big Park in Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The next incident happened later that day when the boy took classes with the same teacher.
The student reportedly moved the flannel away to calm down, but when the teacher noticed the T-shirt again, she issued “pink shoes” to the boy and sent him to the principal’s office for discipline.
According to the complaint, the principal “required” the boy to wear flannel for the rest of the day and “never wear items that convey the content of the speech again.”
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Attendees waved the “Let’s Go Brandon” banner during the Florida campaign in Fort Myers, Florida. (Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images)
The third incident occurred when the student wore the same T-shirt again in January, when the teacher involved in the November incident noticed and pulled him aside and asked, “Do you like offending others?” according to the complaint.
“That’s not my problem, no one has to read my shirt,” the boy replied, allegedly giving him a “dirty look” and walked away.
The principal later met with the boy and his father, Richard Conrad, and claimed that the sentence was a “code” of vulgar expression. However, his father thought he wouldn’t explain the slogan that way.
The fourth incident occurred when the boy was detained by the principal again on March 24.
Complaint says School dress code is “unconstitutional ambiguity” and gives individual employees too much discretion when enforcing it.
Protesters greet President Joe Biden on February 10, 2022 in Calpepper, Virginia. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
this “Let’s go to Brandon” The slogan used by American conservatives to criticize Biden originated in October 2021.
The phrase originated from a NASCAR interview and is a G-class alternative to “F — Joe Biden” became popular during the popularity The pandemic in 19009. In sports events across the country, the president’s coronavirus orders are not violated, and this clear statement is narrated.
Conrad’s lawsuit claims that the phrase is “a popular expression of some people’s perception of American media and politics” and is not vulgar.
Madison Local School District Superintendent Robert Peterson told Fox News Digital that he knew about the lawsuit but was unable to comment on any details due to being actively litigated.
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Madison High School in Mansfield, Ohio (Google Maps)
In 2023, two students who were banned from wearing the same phrase filed a lawsuit against their Michigan school district.
The district and its employees are “censored students in an attempt to express support for former President Donald Trump or oppose President Joe Biden”, According to the complaint Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western Region of Southern Michigan.
The Foundations of Individual Rights and Expression (Fire) describes itself as “a non-partisan nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and maintaining the personal rights of all Americans for the freedom of speech and free thinking of all Americans.
In a similar situation to Conrad, the assistant principal and a teacher “ordered the boys to take off their sweatshirts” because of alleged violations of dress codes while allowing other students to wear other political outfits such as “a hoodie that gay self-proclaimed themed.”
President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Rose Garden in Washington, DC on November 26, 2024 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
“Criticism of the president is a core political speech protected by the First Amendment,” Fire lawyer Conor Fitzpatrick said earlier. “Whether it’s a biden sticker, ‘Let’s go to Brandon sweatshirts or gay pride T-shirts, schools can’t choose the political beliefs that students can express.”
The incident involving two students is part of the district’s “political preference model”, namely “erroneously relied on a policy that prohibited “blasphemy” clothing to review this particular information,” the fire said.
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“When the school district relaxed the outfit requirements for the outdoor day, a school administrator ordered a student to stop wearing the Trump flag as a cloak, but allowed other students to wear the gay pride flag in the same way,” the panel said in a press release announcing the lawsuit.
“The existence of a slogan is a way to express anti-recruiting messages without using profane, not using profane,” Fitzpatrick said. “Public school districts cannot be reviewed simply because it may cause someone to consider a swearing word.”
Andrea Margolis and Kyle Morris of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
Stepheny Price is a writer at Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, state crime cases, illegal immigration and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
