A public school district in San Diego did not violate a math teacher’s constitutional rights in ordering him to take down large banners in his classroom that espoused the role of God in the nation’s history, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found unanimously on Sept. 13 that Bradley Johnson’s classroom was not a public forum that entitled him to broadened First Amendment rights. The panel concluded that he was displaying the banners as a government employee, which limited his freedom of expression.
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