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The Preamble

Bong Hits 4 Jesus

The limits of student free speech

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Andrew Kordik
Dec 26, 2025
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On an icy January morning in 2002, students at Juneau-Douglas High School in Juneau, AK, spilled onto the streets to watch as the Olympic torch passed through town. Joseph Frederick — a senior who had not yet been to school that day — joined classmates who were standing across the street from campus. As the television cameras panned toward them, Joseph …

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