"Free Speech or Half Baked Lawsuit?"
Considered by some to be the "most important student free-speech conflict to reach the Supreme Court since the height of the Vietnam War," it could decide how and to what extent schools can regulate their students' jokes. The case first sparked controversy in 2002, when high school senior Joseph Frederick unfurled a 14-foot banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" during a field trip to watch the Olympic torch pass through Juneau, Alaska.
All eyes (bloodshot and otherwise) turn to the Supreme Court as it begins its examination of possibly the most bizarre and important First Amendment case in a generation.