Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Supreme Court elected not to review the case of the cheerleader who wouldn't cheer for her rapist

Cheerleader who wouldn't root for assailant loses:

FU, indeed. Image via Ms. Magazine.

A Texas high school cheerleader who was kicked off the squad for refusing to chant the name of a basketball player - the same athlete she said had raped her four months earlier - lost a U.S. Supreme Court appeal Monday.

A federal appeals court ruled in September that the cheerleader was speaking for the school, not herself, and had no right to remain silent when called on to cheer the athlete by name.

The Supreme Court denied review of the case Monday without comment.

... Federal courts have also ordered H.S. and her parents to reimburse the district more than $45,000 for the costs of defending against a frivolous suit.
"[F]rivolous"?!
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