In a win for plaintiffs, a Virginia federal judge has ruled that a school board’s decision to reinstate the name of a Confederate general on a public high school violated students’ First Amendment rights, effectively turning them into “mobile billboards” for a message they may not endorse. In a 71-page opinion Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Michael F. Urbanski said students who attend Stonewall Jackson High School in Shenandoah County cannot be compelled to be carriers of Jackson's name and
Confederate school name violates Virginia students’ First Amendment rights, judge rules

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