A federal appeals court ruled this week that a fired Oregon school counselor’s display of books promoting binary gender views to students was not protected by the First Amendment. WISCONSIN TEACHER FIRED AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA POST ADVOCATING TO 'MAKE AMERICANS GREAT ASSASSINS AGAIN'However, IMESD concluded the display of the books was a "bias incident" and instructed the counselor to remove them from his school offices or risk termination. GOP LAWMAKERS URGE SUPREME COURT TO STRENGTHEN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS FOR STREET PREACHERSThe lower court, however, issued another ruling against Theis’ termination appeal. Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday, with the majority opinion outlining longstanding precedents that an educators’ speech is considered government speech when interacting with students. VanDyke argued that Theis’ books should be considered personal decorative items in his office, while questioning if a school could permit employees to hang pro-Palestinian banners while simultaneously banning the display of the Israeli flag.