Opinion: Judge John Wood’s name, in my mind, never sat comfortably in the courthouse. He merits being remembered as a martyr, but not as a judge.
, as recounted in court records. The quotes come from the late appellate judge Irving Goldberg, a Lyndon Johnson appointee to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The students appealed to the school board, saying that the law school professor had advised them that the policy couldn’t be applied for legal off-campus activities. The board disagreed, upholding the suspension. As it happened, the 5th Circuit took the case on an emergency basis. Leading the team for the students and their families was renowned San Antonio attorney Gerald Goldstein. Among those assisting him was the late long-time civil rights attorney Maury Maverick Jr.
But the 14th Amendment, passed in the wake of the Civil War and the end of slavery, said no state “shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
In addition, the district was ordered not to lower the students’ grades because of the three lost days.
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