public and you ve run for office and you ve made a difference in the field. what is your sense of what this is? if we re talking about trying to come together does this help at all this kind of display? well, i m reminded of what fred friendly, the one-time president of cbs news, pointed out in later years at the ford foundation. just because you have the right to do something doesn t make it right. and, look, there s a place where sophomoric humor, i m a fan of national lampoon. to do this kind of thing tomorrow, on what should be a true american celebration, is wrong. the fact is, if we go back andg. remember our constitution and the role of any president, from george washington to millard fillmore to president obama to donald trump there are three jobs a president has. one is to be chief executive. commander in chief. and the ceremonial held of
public and you ve run for office and you ve made a difference in the field. what is your sense of what this is? if we re talking about trying to come together does this help at all this kind of display? well, i m reminded of what fred friendly, the one-time president of cbs news pointed out in later years at the ford foundation. just because you have the right to do something doesn t make it right. and, look, there s a place where sophomoric humor, i m a fan of national lampoon. to do this kind of thing tomorrow, on what should be a true american celebration, is wrong. the fact is, if we go back and remember our constitution and the role of any president, from george washington to millard fillmore to president obama to donald trump there are three jobs a president has. one is to be chieficive. chief executive. commander in chief.
into the final draft of a year book. a kid in indiana was arrested because he snuck into school to but a blow up dahl in the girl s bathroom. we have this cya trend, everyone calls the police, gives kids a criminal record for things that used to be the subject of a student/parent meeting. that s what s so disturbing about this. the school says, look, we called police out of an abundance of caution. it was really sort of a shockingly sharp lack of humor that led to this. sounds like the delta house legacy is secure. let me ask you this, from a legal standpoint, so, okay, the aclu get involved. a tro is sought. what was the issue for the federal judge? well, here s the problem, michael, and you re familiar with this yourself. the supreme court has made a mess out of free speech for
court said, no, of course they can dis-pal can dis-palin that student. i m laughing at it because i think all of the ones that you have identified are so obvious. i applaud the school s vigilance, but what they re lacking is common sense. they need somebody in the room, like you, professor turley who can say, my god, it s a joke. that s the terrible thing, not just that we have lost the sense of humor, but you re doing really rotten things to these kids. you re arresting them. you re giving them criminal records. in this case, the kid couldn t be at his graduation. that might seem like a trivial issue for some people, but it s not. that kid spent four years and wanted to graduate with his friends. a bunch of school officials decided that they were going to punish him because they were annoyed. that strikes me as violating a fundamental obligation you have to your students. and i think that the officials should be held accountable here. but nothing is going to happen until the publi
really sort of censorship-rich environment. what type of citizens are they going to become if they believe pro turley, thank you, ly? as always. thanks, michael. apologies for my sophomoric humor, but you should know what you re dealing with. i was suspended in the ninth grade for mooning. look it up, kids. let s check in on your tweets and facebook comments. what do we have, katherine? smerconish, perfect, perfect example of pc gone wild. over, you re absolutely right. i m trying to be sympathetic to the school administrators, right? they don t want to be called on the carpet for some parent saying, and you didn t do anything about it. all the warning signs were there. that wasn t this case. i want to remind you to answer the survey question at smerconish.com. i m told there is a ton of voting on it. i have no idea how this one s going to go. should samantha bee be fired for referring to ivanka trump as the