Comment on Judges: School ban on U.S. flag shirts bends to 'will of the mob'

Three conservative judges accused a federal appeals court Wednesday of catering to "the will of the mob" by refusing to reconsider a ruling upholding Morgan Hill school officials' decision to ban shirts showing American flags on Cinco de Mayo for fear of ethnic violence. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in February that given previous clashes at Live Oak High School, officials had reason for concern and thus did not violate freedom of speech when they refused to let students wear U.S.