Missouri student loses driving rights for flying Confederate flag

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43. Arguments for the school's position on this:

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I've already said upthread that I disagree with the decision, but I also think the school would easily win any court case.

Their arguments would probably be

1) They have a responsibility to maintain order, and that responsibility is very high when you are in charge of people. (Students, prisoners, passengers, hospital patients...) The flag is reasonably likely to cause violence between students. See gang colors for precedents.

2) The flag is bullying black students. Note that few would question banning a car emblazoned with "Fags Must Die." There must be a ton of recent precedent on bullying bans.

There are others, but those are the two that seem legally strongest to me. (Something real obvious will probably occur to me later.)