En Banc Review To Be Sought In Classroom Banner Case

In a press release yesterday, the Thomas More Law Center announced that it will petition the 9th Circuit for en banc review in Johnson v. Poway Unified School District. In the case, a 3-judge panel of the 9th Circuit rejected claims by a high school calculus teacher that his free speech rights, as well as the Establishment Clause and Equal Protection clause,were violated when his school district required him to remove large banners posted in his classroom that carried historic and patriotic slogans, all mentioning God or the Creator. (See prior posting.)