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## Transcript

>> A federal appeals court ruled Thursday a California school requiring students to turn their American flag shirts inside out did not violate their constitutional rights. The 3- judge panel said Live Oak High School was allowed to act on its belief the shirts could lead to confrontations or violence.

>> The court said because of racial tension at the school, administrators have the authority to limit the civil rights of students in order to ensure campus safety.

>> The court's ruling explains the school has dealt with racial tension and gang violence for years. Threats of flag- based Cinco de Mayo violence at the school date back as far as 2009. And a 1969 Supreme Court ruling provides precedent for the case. In Tinker versus Des Moine the court held schools could enforce rules that infringe on First Amendment protections like banning American flag apparel to keep acts of expression from interfering with the operation of the school. But a law columnist at the Washington Post worries about a new precedent this case could set. " Somehow we've reached the point that students can't safely display the American flag in an American school because of the fear that other students will attack them for it and the school feels unable to prevent such attacks ." William Becker, Jr ., the lawyer representing the students, says he intends to appeal the court's decision possibly all the way to the Supreme Court.

I'm Cliff Judy.

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