Supreme Court declines to take up school ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ shirts

The Supreme Court will not hear a dispute over whether a Michigan public school district can bar students from wearing clothing emblazoned with “Let’s Go Brandon,” a popular conservative slogan used to mock former President Biden.  

The justices declined on Monday to take up a request from two brothers who claim their First Amendment rights were violated when they were told to remove sweatshirts with the slogan because it violated the school’s policy against profanity.  

The brothers, identified as D.A. and X.A, were in sixth and eighth grade, respectively, at the time. They are now enrolled in a high school in the same school district, Tri County Schools, which is located roughly 30 miles north of Grand Rapids.  

Lawyers for the pair’s mother, who sued the school district and two middle school employees in 2023 on behalf of her sons, argued the apparel is protected political speech and cannot be censored so long as it is not disruptive.  

A federal judge sided with the school district, finding that the school could prohibit students from wearing the slogan because it amounted to........

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