On this segment of The WFEA Morning Update, host Jeff Chidester is joined by reporter Damien Fisher to discuss a major First Amendment ruling from the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

The court unanimously reversed U.S. District Judge Steven McAuliffe’s decision, ruling that SAU 67 administrators likely violated the constitutional rights of parents who were banned and issued trespass warnings for silently wearing pink “XX” wristbands at a high school girls’ soccer game.

Damien breaks down the appeals court’s sharp rebuke of school officials, noting Justice Sandra Lynch’s finding that the district engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination by banning the “XX” symbol while permitting pro-LGBTQ messaging.

The conversation covers key arguments from the hearing—including the school district’s claim that free speech is “poison”—and examines what this landmark reversal means as the case returns to the District Court in Concord.