Cert. Filed In Dispute Over Display of Kindergartener's "Jesus" Poster

On Wednesday, a petition for certiorari (full text) in Peck v. Baldwinsville Central School District was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. In the case, the 2nd Circuit dismissed a viewpoint discrimination lawsuit brought by parents who charged that a kindergarten teacher and a principal displayed their son's poster on environmental issues only after folding under a picture of Jesus on the poster so it was not visible. The court concluded that plaintiffs in their action for injunctive and declaratory relief had not shown a likelihood of future censorship or an official policy of regularly violating students' free speech rights. (See prior posting.) Liberty Counsel issued a press release announcing the filing of the petition for review.