SPLC fights school uniforms...and wins

Here's a story from a few months ago that I just now learned about.

I didn't think fighting against school uniforms was a high priority of the Southern Poverty Law Center, but the SPLC has now proven to be one of the most effective voices against these sumptuary laws.

The story unfolded in Mobile County, Alabama, where school officials had developed a tragic habit of illegally suspending students for failing to wear a uniform. The SPLC represented 7 plaintiffs who sued the Mobile County Public School System after being suspended over this or other offenses. Some of the suspensions caused students to miss so much school that they couldn't graduate. It wasn't only uniforms: One student was kicked out of school for the rest of the year for arriving late to lunch. In June - in a dramatic conclusion to the case - the school district agreed to stop suspending students over uniforms and similar infractions.

In short, the Mobile County schools can never again suspend a pupil for not wearing a uniform.

The right-wing media must have had a ragesad when they heard the news.

(Source: http://blog.al.com/live/2013/06/mobile_school_system_agrees_to.html)