It’s figured in our columns before, and now it’s in the news again: “The American Civil Liberties Union has sued a school board in North Carolina over its suspension of a teenage student for having a peridot stud in a nose-piercing.” [ABA Journal]
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on October 8, 2010
It’s figured in our columns before, and now it’s in the news again: “The American Civil Liberties Union has sued a school board in North Carolina over its suspension of a teenage student for having a peridot stud in a nose-piercing.” [ABA Journal]
Tagged as: ACLU, religious discrimination, schools

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As I understand it, the court ruled in the girl’s favor and required the school district to let her attend school.
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