Bong Hits 4 Jesus

Bongs Hits 4 Jesus is nothing like I have seen before. The actual name of this court case is Morse v. Frederick. During the 2002 Olympic torch relay there was a school supervised event at Juneau-Douglas High School to watch the parade where Joseph Frederick a student at the time held up a poster that said "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" which was frowned upon. The principle at the time Deborah Morse took the sign from Frederick and suspended him for 10 days.

After this suspension Frederick took took his case to court. 5 years later the case made it all the way to the US Court of Appeals. There were many arguments given in this court case throughout the 5 years it took to make it to the Supreme Court. There were also certain facts that showed how and why Frederick won.

Frederick sued under 42 U.S.C. 1983 which was a federal civil rights statute because he believed it was a violation of his First Amendment right, freedom of speech. Originally, the District Court ruled in favor of Morse, once it got to the Court of Appeals the court reversed the decision and sided with Frederick.