Bong Hits 4 Jesus ─ A Perfect Constitutional Storm in Alaska's Capital

In January 2002, the Olympic Torch Relay visited Alaska on its way to the Winter Games. When the relay runner and accompanying camera cars passed Juneau-Douglas High School, senior Joseph Frederick and several friends unfurled a fourteen-foot banner reading "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS." This book chronicles the events that followed: Frederick's suspension, the subsequent suit against the school district, and the escalation of a local conflict into a federal case. BONG HiTS 4 JESUS is a gripping tale of the boundaries of free speech in an American high school.

Before Sarah Palin, Alaska gave us Morse v. Frederick, the 2007 Supreme Court case conventionally known as "Bong HiTs 4 Jesus." Foster's book puts the case in context. The precipitous slide in Supreme Court protection for free speech in high school since Tinker in the 1960's is only part of the story.uJohn Brigham, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, author of Material Law

James C. Foster is a professor at Oregon State University's Cascades Campus. He has taught and written about aspects of judicial politics for over thirty years.