[legion]

1) I think the school is doing the kid a favor. He will regret the picture in a few years.

2) I could care less about the outcome of this particular case. Both sides have pretty shaky arguments, IMO. My high school had guidelines for senior pictures. It was more about making sure the pictures followed a common design/theme. The school claiming this violates a weapons policy is pretty weak, as is the kid claiming his first amendment rights.

3) The ACLU only cares about the first amendment, and is presently very selective about which cases it tries. You wouldn't find the modern ACLU suing on behalf of the KKK, but they have sued the Boy Scouts dozens of times in the last decade.