One Colorado student will not be wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after a ruling by federal judge Nina Y. Wang.

Ms. Villasano’s lawyers argued that wearing the sash at the graduation ceremony on Saturday was private speech protected by the First Amendment that warranted intervention from the court.

Colo. Student Can’t Wear Sash with Mexican and U.S. Flag at High School Graduation, Judge Rules The student argued in court that the school district's decision to prevent her from wearing the ...

She did ask well ahead of time, politely at every turn. She was told by her school principal and then district superintendent she couldn’t wear a Mexican-U.S. graduation sash. She pleaded with the ...

In this undated photo, Naomi Pea Villasano poses with a sash of both the Mexican and American flags that her school district barred her from wearing for her high school graduation ceremony.

A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued ...

A federal judge has ruled that a Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation after the student sued.

A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the ...