Joseph Frederick should be proud of himself. He wanted attention. He wanted to be outrageous. Mission accomplished. He also wanted to take his First Amendment crusade all the way to the United States Supreme Court. And so he did. On behalf of every American who rises and sets under the protection of the First Amendment, thanks a lot you little jerk. Rather than use the freedom of speech bequeathed him by James Madison and other founding fathers to express something that actually means something, the Juneau, Alaska, high school student decided he had an inalienable right to be stupid and nonsensical. He unfurled a banner that read "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" across the street from a school-sponsored event in 2002. Wonderful. It's bad enough to have First Amendment rights whittled away, but to be whittled away for "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"? -- Tom Henderson/Lewiston Tribune.

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Sam Taylor interviewed this "little jerk" when both attended UIdaho here.

Question: Has this silly lawsuit hurt this country's Freedom of Speech rights, as editorialist Tom Henderson contends?

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