A "Let's go Brandon" flag flies below the American flag at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., in February 2022. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, file)

SAND LAKE, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled in favor of a Michigan school district in a dispute over free speech and “Let’s Go Brandon” shirts, clothing that took a jab at then-President Joe Biden.

The mother of two boys, who got the shirts as Christmas gifts, said her sons’ First Amendment rights were violated when they were told to take off the shirts at Tri County Middle School in 2022. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed in 2-1 opinion.

“In the schoolhouse, vulgarity trumps politics. And the protection for political speech doesn’t give a student carte blanche to use vulgarity at school — even

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