The First Amendment Center interviews Marie Snodgrass nee Barnett — together with her sister, a plaintiff in the famous Supreme Court case West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette. That case held that students could not be required to salute the flag and recite the pledge. Ms. Snodgrass explains that she was an 8-year-old Jehovah’s Witness when the case began. She describes how the case impacted her, both while it was being litigated (she missed a half year of school and had to repeat a grade) and later in life.
The Denver Post reports that Englewood, Colorado will not appeal a court ruling allowing an individual to keep a mural painted on the outside of his business. The mural depicts a scene from Alice in Wonderland in which a caterpillar smokes shisha. The city claimed the mural violated its sign code. The Court ruled that the city violated the constitutional right to free expression when it ordered the mural removed.