So the decision is in, and by a 5-3 margin, there will be no Bong Hits for Jesus for students.

What am I talking about?  Oops, I guess you may have missed the original news about the student that unfurled the nonsensical 'Bong Hits for Jesus' banner. Here's an update on the original case. Actually, the update on the original case since the update is on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that is the final arbiter of whether or not the student was simply exercising free speech, or if he had gone too far and instead was doing something worthy of gaining a suspension from school for.

The SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) decided that the school administrators were right to suspend the student for his actions, using the justification that the school had an obligation to stop what could be interpreted as a pro-Drug usage message.

I'm still mystified a bit that the court didn't find the school in the wrong on this one.  Yes, I know that we supposedly have a war on drugs that has been running for years and years, but a court that lets flag burners have their way in the name of free speech would seem to be a sure bet for using that free speech justification for letting a student make what most would see as a free speech point by unfurling the banner with the silly statement on it.

In anycase, future students will have to be cognizant of this decision and will have to exercise more caution in what statements they try to make using any sort of free speech justifications.