Dear Heritage Defenders:

Greetings to everyone. This has been a busy week for the SLRC. HK Edgerton is scheduled to speak to the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) tonight in Tyler, TX.  If you are close to Tyler, do try to attend this wonderful event. We have some news in our DuPont case and also Lawrence County.

Dupont

As you will remember, the DuPont Plant in Richmond, VA banned Confederate symbols in the workplace.  After 2 years of employee protests and 7 EEOC Complaints we filed a lawsuit against DuPont on behalf of seven DuPont employees who are SCV members.  We have served a copy of the lawsuit on DuPont on Sept 24.  We are expecting a mammoth Motion to Dismiss to be filed within 15 days.  We will keep you posted.

Lawrence County

The Lawrence Co. Alabama Schools banned Confederate symbols.  We filed a lawsuit on behalf of 8 students, most of whom are Cherokees.  A pre-trial status conference will be taking place on October 16. This hearing will establish a discovery and trial schedule, now that the principal has returned from Afghanistan.  The Defendant’s Request for Production will be due at this time.  We will keep you posted as the details unfold.

Richard Smith

As you know, we filed a complaint on behalf of Richard Smith against Savannah River Site in South Carolina.  This is the racist food products case.  We are amending the complaint against Bechtel Savannah River Site to include religious discrimination. The next step in this case is DISCOVERY.

Curt Storey

We get to argue to the 3rd Circuit in December on National Origin for Confederate Southern Americans!!!!

Virginia Law School Inquires on National Origin

The SLRC has been asked by a Virginia Law School to prepare a law review article on the national origin status of Confederate Southern Americans.  This is a wonderful opportunity for the SLRC to voice its attempts to gain national origin status for Confederate Southern Americans to many people.  Our article will be appearing in the spring issue and we will be sharing it with you at that time.

Other News

A young man in Michigan brought a suit against his school after the school made him turn his offensive shirt inside out. The court ruled in his favor. This is another example of a student's freedom of speech in school.  (See article below...)

U.S. National - AP
Student May Wear Bush 'Terrorist' Shirt

DETROIT - A high school student has the right to wear a T-shirt to school with the face of President Bush (news - web sites) and the words "International Terrorist" on the front, a federal judge ruled.

"There is no evidence that the T-shirt created any disturbance or disruption," U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Duggan said in the ruling released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) of Michigan, which sued the Dearborn school district on behalf of Bretton Barber.

An assistant principal had ordered Barber in February to conceal the anti-Bush message or go home. Dearborn High said it worried about inflaming passions at the suburban Detroit school, where a majority of students are Arab-American.

But, the judge said, "The record does not reveal any basis for (the assistant principal's) fear aside from his belief that the T-shirt conveyed an unpopular political message."

Attorneys for the school district declined to comment on the case. There was no answer at the district offices Wednesday evening.

"The court's decision reaffirms the principle that students don't give up their right to express opinions on matters of public importance once they enter school," Kary Moss, executive director of the state ACLU, said in a news release Wednesday.

Barber was 16 when he wore the shirt on a day he was scheduled to present a "compare and contrast" essay in English class. Barber had chosen to compare President Bush to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).

At the time, Bretton said he wanted to express his anti-war position by wearing the shirt, which he ordered on the Internet.

Thumbs Up for Dixie Stickers

These great stickers are still available to Southern supporters, SCV members and camps. They are wonderful to sell as fundraisers for camps or for resell in general. You may order

• 100 stickers for $50
• 200 stickers for $100
• 500 stickers for $200
• 1000 stickers for $250
• 2500 stickers for $500
• 5000 stickers for $1000

Those that have ordered thus far have called back to reorder. They are hot little stickers!

Southern Highlands Brigade Cdr Rick Wilkerson has volunteered to help contact all SCV camps in the Confederation to participate in the Thumbs Up Program.  This is a great fundraiser for Heritage Defense in your Camp and help the SLRC too!

REMEMBER YOUR PLEDGE IS TAX-DEDUCTIBLE!