Texas will suspend students who protest in support of Parkland

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11. Civil obedience has consequences. Why are some surprised?

The first amendment doesn't protect you from getting fired if your boss sees you on TV when you called in sick to protest, it doesn't stop schools from enforcing rules related to maintaining order. Students can be punished for disrupting class, even if it's for protected speech.

Think about it- if it were otherwise, then a religious nut could stand up all day and talk over the teacher without consequence, expounding on whatever bug crawled up their ass that day- planned parenthood, illuminati, new world order..

What schools can't do is place rules that infringe the first amendment that have no relationship to maintaining order. See Tinker, etc.

If you skip school, expect to be punished, however worthy the cause. Take it as a badge of honor- those who participated in civil disobedience in the 60's sure as shit did.