Last week, the U.S. District Court in Nevada rejected a First Amendment challenge to the dress code imposed by Clark County Nevada at 25 of its schools. The suit was brought by the ACLU of Nevada on behalf of a student who was suspended for wearing shirts with religious symbols on them. According to the Las Vegas Sun yesterday, Judge Roger Hunt held that students had sufficient alternative means of communication available to them. He also struck down a provision that permitted principals to exempt students from the dress code on the basis of religious belief. The ACLU says it will appeal the ruling.
UPDATE: The full opinion is now available-- Jacobs v. Clark County Sch. Dist., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11766 (USDC DNV, 6/10/2005).
