Ho Decries White Racism as Court Rejects ‘MAGA’ Bullying Case

An evenly divided en banc Fifth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a student’s claims that his alleged bullying for being white was racial harassment, over strong dissents from the court’s most conservative members.

The split federal appeals court on Wednesday said it would affirm the lower court’s ruling that the complaint from a student, a minor who’s gone by initials B.W. in the case, didn’t reach the legal standard for his claims of race-based harassment.

The student alleged that officials failed to protect him, as he was harassed by both students and teachers at a school district based out of ...