The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has published Second Circuit: Cheerleading Still Isn’t a Sport.
The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that competitive cheerleading isn’t a sport, at least not yet.
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Huffington Post: Raped Cheerleader Told by Courts to Go Home and Be Quiet
Huffington Post published Raped Cheerleader Told by Courts to Go Home and Be Quiet.
The Supreme Court of the United States just told a sexually assaulted high school girl to shut up and go home.
They didn’t say it in those words exactly, but that was the effect of the high court’s decision not to hear an appeal by a Texas teen who was kicked off her cheerleading squad because she refused to show her school spirit for the boy she said had raped her.
Fanhouse: Texas Town, Courts Fail Cheerleader
Fanhouse published Texas Town, Courts Fail Cheerleader.
Legal eggheads can argue that one ad nauseam. Though if not participating in one cheer constitutes “a substantial interference with the work of the school,” pity a student who pulls a fire alarm. The poor kid might get the death penalty.
Huffington Post: Fifth Circuit’s Cheerleader Ruling Just Plain Wrong
Huffington Post published Fifth Circuit’s Cheerleader Ruling Just Plain Wrong.
I have to begin with an observation that, for some reason, few people seem to be making: this is wrong. I don’t mean legally wrong–although, as I will explain, it is legally wrong as well.
I mean capital-W, Wrong. Big picture, human rights, basic decency wrong. The actions of the school in this case are so compassionless and repellent that even Megatron would recoil in disgust. And Megatron is an evil robot.
Politics Daily: A Cheerleader and Her Free-Speech Rights, Tied Up in Court
Politics Daily published A Cheerleader and Her Free-Speech Rights, Tied Up in Court.
A high school cheerleader, kicked off the squad for refusing to cheer for a player she said raped her, is fighting in court for free-speech rights she said were denied her.