Dear John,
What would you do if your child or grandchild was bullied in front of his classmates -- not just by other kids, but also by the school principal and teachers?
That's what happened to Brooks Warden when he was in middle school in Austin, Texas.
Over the course of three years, Brooks was taunted, threatened, and harassed by students and staff -- simply because he wore a MAGA hat on a field trip.
And instead of stepping in to stop it, the teachers and administrators joined in.
One teacher called him "Whitey" in class. His classmates regurgitated the media's lies about Trump supporters. Students called Brooks a "racist," a "Nazi," and even accused of being in the Ku Klux Klan. Another student beat up Brooks at school.
Even the principal joined in by pulling earbuds out of Brooks’s ear and asking him if he was listening to "Dixie."
This isn't just bullying -- it's racial and political discrimination, and the school participated in it.
That's why the Center for American Liberty stepped in and is bringing Brooks Warden's fight for justice to the Supreme Court.
This wasn't just a single bad day…
…it was three years of targeted abuse.
When the Warden family asked the school for help, they were ignored. So the Center for American Liberty stepped in.
We filed a lawsuit on behalf of Brooks Warden against the Austin Independent School District, arguing that the school violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by allowing racially motivated harassment to go unchecked.
But when the case went to federal court, the judge dismissed it -- claiming the bullying was "primarily political," and the racial discrimination Brooks suffered wasn't "severe or pervasive" enough.
Think about that:
A student was called “Whitey” by teacher, beaten up and bullied by his classmates, and publicly humiliated by a principal, and a federal court says it doesn't count because the politics were louder than the racism.
We refused to accept that.
We appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which en banc split 9–9. Now, we've filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court to make one thing absolutely clear:
Racial harassment in public schools is unconstitutional -- whether it targets a student who is white, Black, Hispanic, conservative, liberal, or anything else.
But John, taking a case to the Supreme Court is incredibly expensive. And we're up against a well-funded school district…
The Center for American Liberty is a nonprofit. We don't take a dime of government funding. We rely entirely on generous patriots like you who believe no child should be harassed for their conservative beliefs or race.
Will you chip in $35, $50, or even $100 to help us bring Brooks Warden's case to the highest court in the land?
We're not just fighting for Brooks -- we're fighting for every student whose rights have been ignored because they don't fit the Left's narrative.
And we're fighting for every student, who like Brooks, wants to wear a MAGA hat to school without fear of being beaten up and discriminated against.
This case could set a national precedent. Let's make sure the Supreme Court hears it loud and clear: there is no double standard under the Constitution.
Thank you for standing with Brooks -- and with us.
Sincerely,
