With little more than the stroke of a pen,

the Supreme Court of the US has denied

Certiorari in the Candice Hardwick

Case. The letter dated October 7, 2013

arrived Monday in the SLRC office.

Thus ends 10 years of the struggle to

vindicate the right of South Carolina

Government School students to peacea-

bly wear Confederate emblems. The 4th

Circuit Decision, which the Supreme

Court has let stand, affirms the school’s

prerogative to trample student rights.

This decision affects students in NC,

Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia.

Anti-student free speech decisions in-

volving Confederate symbols in the 5th,

6th, 8th, 10 & 11th Circuits of the Unit-

ed States Courts of Appeal are left

standing by the Supreme Court Hard-

wick denial.

And the SLRC’s advice to Confederate

families with children in government

Victory in Bee County, Texas

On September 23, the Bee County,

Texas Commissioner’s voted to ban the

Confederate Flag from the Bee County

Expo Center – which included the

Western Week Festival in Beeville,

Texas. Bee County is named for the

Father of 2 Confederate Generals: BG

Barnard E. Bee, Jr who gave Jackson his

nickname & BG Hamilton P. Bee who

defended the Texas coast. Texas Military

Images, Inc had applied for and received

a vendor’s booth and then requested per-

mission to display the Confederate Battle

flag. The Western Week Committee re-

plied that they would respond to TMI

with a decision. Now let us be clear-

Western Week had no part in this deci-

sion, the decision was adopted unilater-

ally by the County Commissioners.

From an insider the County’s position

(Continued on page 2)

Want Your Student’s Heritage Respected? Homeschool!

Southern Legal Resource Center

The Confederate Voice

NOVEMBER 2013 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4

By Thomas Lee Willis

Nathanael D. T. Lyons - Editor

Inside This Issue:

Article

Want Your Student’s Her-

itage Respected?

Victory in Bee County,

Texas

Page

1

1

By Nathanael D. T. Lyons

schools: HOMESCHOOL!

“The school and the courts will not re-

spect your children’s inalienable right to

proclaim and be proud of their Southern

Heritage, and in all areas of traditional

culture it will only get worse!” said

Chief Trial Counsel Kirk D. Lyons,

Candice Hardwick’s attorney for the last

10 years. “Get your kids out of the Gov-

ernment school’s, and encourage others

to do so. Whatever your inadequacies as

a teacher, in most cases you will do a

better job at teaching your kids, and they

can wear Dixie Outfitter shirts and have

Robert E. Lee’s Birthday off as a school

holiday.” Lyons added.

The SLRC will be developing on-line

resources for families who choose to

homeschool their children.

“Homeschool magic happens when

families come together in communities

and pool their resources,” said Maggie

Willis, the SLRC’s new homeschool

coordinator.

“It says something for the state of this

country when Candice Hardwick peace-

ably displays a Confederate flag over 4

years in situations that do not cause a

single act of disruption (facts conceded

by the school) and the rule of law fails

to protect or even respect her rights,”

said SLRC Board Chairman Neill H.

Payne.”

“For Confederate kids the rule of law

doesn’t exist. The right of free speech

for government school children has been

placed into the hands of non-elected

bureaucrats. We have all lost a measure

of freedom with this decision. Confeder-

ate kids have NO rights that the school

or courts are bound to respect,” said

Black Confederate activist H. K. Edger-

ton.

The SLRC will continue to support and

litigate on behalf of Confederate kids

trapped in government schools, for as

Chief Trial Counsel Lyons opined; “Not

every family can opt out and besides,

when Confederate students positively

display their heritage in an honorable

manner in a hostile environment, I be-

lieve we are duty-bound to try and help

them.”

The Southern Legal Resource Center

advocates on behalf of Southern Herit-

age & American Liberty, but we need

your help.

P.O. Box 1235

Black Mountain, NC 28711

828-669-5189

slrc@slrc-csa.org

Tirelessly Fighting the Good

Fight 2

Tinker has Fallen! 3

Let's Hear It For Buckeye

State! 3

Forever In Our Hearts 3

Page 2 THE CONFEDERATE VOICE

Victory in Bee County, Texas (continued)

For 16 years the Southern Legal Resource Center

has been fighting for Southern Heritage AND Ameri-

can Liberty. We have fought against the lies construct-

ed by self serving politicians, the mainstream media,

big business Hollywood and a corrupt and politically

correct legal System. These institutions have paved the

way for our children like Tim Castorina, Candice

Hardwick and Jaquelin Duty to be treated like felons

in schools for daring to honorably display the flag of their ancestors, for em-

ployers to justify firing good honest people for displaying the Confederate flag

in the workplace and the punishment or Ostracism of those who take pride in

it. We have fought against the workings of the so-called artistic establishment

that seeks to trash every aspect of Southern Culture like in Bee County TX and

Haywood County NC. The Southern Legal Resource Center is a clearing house

for information in this area of law and by working with other Southern Herit-

age, cultural organizations and sympathetic lawyers across the country we pre-

sent a united front against the runaway train of political correctness. There is

not a Confederate related case in the last 16 years that we have not been in-

volved in, consulted about or handled because no other attorney would take the

case. We have been screamed at by judges, sanctioned for $12,000 by a federal

judge for insisting that Confederate people have rights that the court should

respect and of course we have been stigmatized and pilloried by the clueless

media and their handlers in so-called watchdog groups. We are willing to con-

tinue to fight on for another 16 years or 30 if necessary to secure the rights and

liberty of the Confederate community. We are willing to continue to be availa-

ble 24/7 to you or your camp when a heritage crisis crops up in your back yard,

we are willing and happy to continue to work for the small salaries the SLRC

can afford to pay us and we and our families are willing to continue to make

the 1000 sacrifice's necessary to keep a legal arm for our side up and running,

we are willing to do all this, to continue to do all this as long as we know that

YOU want us to continue fighting on your behalf. Times are hard for all of us -

but opportunity to promote our Confederate banners and liberty crop up almost

daily. Give us the tools, give us the ammunition, your charitable donations, to

continue the fight.

Before they lost their moral compass, the NAACP legal defense team

fought for 60 years before it won a case. The black community loyally support-

ed them in 60 years of unsuccessful legal fighting before they won Brown v

Topeka in 1954. Does our community have less resolve than they? Is the cause

of Southern rights & American liberty less worth fighting for in the courts now

than then? Do we throw in the towel because there is a hostile world out there

to our cause (which is actually the cause of all Americans)? This needs to be a

time of sacrificial doing AND sacrificial giving. However, we can't fight on

alone. We are small and poor standing against foes that are big and rich. Work-

ing tirelessly, often sacrificing our own money and time with our families be-

cause we understand the stake we have in Southern Heritage and Culture. We

ask that you too would realize the stake you have in this fight and give gener-

ously to the preservation of Southern heritage and Liberty! Help supply ammu-

nition for the fight by donating to the Southern Legal Resource Center TO-

DAY!

For more information on how you can help support the SLRC visit us on

the web at http://slrc-csa.org/ call or write to us at: (828)669-5189, P.O. Box

1235 Black Mountain, NC 28711

Tirelessly Fighting the Good Fight, the Only Fight, Since 1995

By Kirk D. Lyons

was – NO SURRENDER. No Confederate flags

on County property – PERIOD!!! So, chief Trial

Counsel Lyons prepared the following letter

(below) for the County Attorney, Michael Knight,

and started drafting a complaint & temporary

restraining order and making sure a federal judge

in Corpus Christi would be available for a hear-

ing. The letter to the County Attorney was

emailed.

A sympathetic reporter called later the same day

to tell us that the County Commissioner’s re-

scinded the ban – saying “oh y’all misunderstood

us – we didn’t mean ban the Confederate flag

from the Expo – just from the county flagpole.

The Confederate flag is welcome at Western

Week!

So a bloodless victory – the good guys don’t al-

ways lose and the bad guts don’t always win.

We’re sorry the Commissioner’s cratered so fast

as the best lesson for these small town bullies

would be to make them pay the SLRC’s attor-

ney’s fees (Lyons, and his legal team, spent about

18 hours on research, drafting & negotiation), but

that would ultimately be paid by the long suffer-

ing Bee County taxpayer. So we rejoice and move

on to the next case. Your support of SLRC makes

this important work possible. DONATE today!

SLRC

P.O. Box 1235

Black Mountain, NC 28711

www.slrc-csa.org

(Continued from page 1)

Page 3 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4

We are happy to announce our Novem-

ber “Volunteer of the Month” is Karol

Lyons.

Karol is our very own Attorney Lyons'

little sister! Karol has a very special

place in the hearts of all of us here at the

SLRC. Karol was diagnosed as mentally

disabled in her toddler years. She lived

in Texas with her parents her whole life

until a few years ago when she and her

father moved to NC so that they could

be closer to Kirk. Karol has an efferves-

cent personality! Her laugh is infectious

here at the office. She is so enthusiastic

and loves to help out by counting out

Thumbs Up for Dixie stickers for orders!

Because of her Savant syndrome that

accompanies her disabilities she NEVER

counts wrong! She is the world's best

and most enthusiastic sticker counter. So

if you have ever purchased or received

Thumbs Up stickers from the SLRC they

were lovingly counted out and prepared

to be sent by Karol. Three times a week

Karol volunteers her time to come into

the office and help out. If you ever hap-

pen to be passing through and stop into

the office to pay us a visit you will know

Karol is working if you hear lively mu-

sic as you enter the building. She is also

very big on enjoying a snack break time

with the staff. Karol has even been

known to help out some of our other

younger volunteers with their home-

work! Thanks for all you do Karol- we

sure love you!

September and October were hot months this

year for students in Ohio that dared to display

the Confederate flag. With the exception of

one all of the calls that have come in regard-

ing school heritage violations have come

from Ohio! Many brave young men and

women with proud parents standing behind

feel their freedoms are being denied where

Southern Heritage is concerned, and they are

absolutely right. One father asked why the

rainbow flag could be displayed but the Con-

federate flag could not. The Principal replied

that the Confederate flag was different, that it

caused disruption as a symbol racism and

hate. When he asked if his son was being

called a racist, the Principal replied no, not at

all. School officials don't get it! We will,

however, continue to do what we can to help

them get it. It's freedom for all or freedom for

none. That’s what they need to get.

We would also like to thank all the Ohio

camps and individuals that donate money to

the SLRC. By giving you are helping the

Liberty loving people of Ohio. Keep on

fighting!

A recent post by a prodigious anti-Confederate

blogger commenting on the SLRC’s press re-

lease related to the Candice Hardwick case was

entitled “Another Confederate Failure”. Sadly

this individual shares a short-sightedness that is

prevalent throughout America and the South.

This was not a Confederate Failure, but rather a

Failure of Law. Because it is a symbol he hap-

pens to hate, he is happy to dance on the Hard-

wick case’s grave and the grave of student free

speech.

The ramifications of the denial by the SCOTUS

and the 4th circuit Court of Appeals to take up

the case of Candice Hardwick works in com-

plete opposition to the landmark 1969 prece-

dent setting Tinker v. Des Moines School dis-

trict. This case set the standard for Student Free

Speech during the heated environment which

initiated constructive debate of the Vietnam

War and the Civil Rights Movement. Immedi-

ate Government mandates are the things which

initiate wars of invasion and riots, not individu-

al diplomacy.

The Tinker precedent has even been cited by

the SPLC in much the same way as the SLRC

did its presentation in the Hardwick case be-

cause it undeniably declares with extreme clari-

ty the high standard that must be met in order

for the government to suppress any speech and

then applies it directly to government schools.

By ignoring Tinker (while paying mere lip-

service to it), the courts have made virtually any

form of expression “ban-able” including the US

flag and black arm bands emblazoned with

peace symbols, which was the controversy of

the day in 1969.

Those things banned after the Confederate Flag

at Latta High School in Dillion SC include t-

shirts declaring “I AM BLACK”, images of

“controversial” figures such as Malcolm X and

Bob Marley, as well as displays declaring pride

in differing sexual orientation.

All of this expression has been squelched by the

whim of non-elected school principles and the

Federal Court System has placed its stamp of

approval upon it.

With the exception of the Southern Legal Re-

source Center, no other organization has stood

up for the rights of those students disenfran-

chised by this denial of justice. In such a

“progressive” era how does it make sense to

deny a right to all in order to guarantee that the

right of a few not be honored.

A Confederate Failure?

Tinker has Fallen!

By Thomas Lee Willis

Join the SLRC! Individual Membership - $35.00 Family Membership - $50.00 Camp/Chapter Membership - $200.00 Student Membership - $20.00

Over the course of the last almost two years

that I have been with the SLRC I have come

to feel a close bond with many of our mem-

bers and donors. I handle the incoming mail

as well as process memberships and dona-

tions here in the office. I can't begin to tell

you how much the notes of encouragement

and thanks brighten our day here in the of-

fice. I have a cork board where I pin the notes

we receive. They serve to refuel our tanks

when things get tough or we are having a

particularly stressful day. However, in my

time here I have received a few letters and

phone calls from the families of faithful sup-

porters letting us know that they have passed

away. Then reality sets in that I will never

again receive a note of encouragement and

thanks in the familiar scrawl that has become

so regular and comfortable and though I

haven't been here long I will miss them We

will all miss them. All of us here will forever

be thankful for the support they gave to our

fight. They will remain forever in our hearts!

- Maggie Willis

Forever In Our Hearts

Let's Hear It For The Buckeye State!

By Maggie Willis

SLRC Volunteer of the Month

By Abby Willis

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Cultures in Conflict By Charles A. Jennings

The Union Desecration Of Southern Churches and Cemeteries

(plus much more)

After nearly 150 years, there still remains the scars of the Union Army’s savage policy of “total war” in

their invasion of the Christian South. Their aim was the destruction of Southern culture which included the

desecration of houses of worship and the resting place of the sacred dead.

Nothing was off limits; arson, rape, murder, thievery, grave-robbing and even physical torture. All this was

carried out with the silent approval of the Lincoln Administration and the pleasure of the Northern radicals.

This book is now being sold by the SLRC for $10 each (plus $4 shipping) and comes with a free Robert E.

Lee Bookmark. Make a note of how many copies you would like to order on the donation form or call us at

828-669-5189 or check our website to learn more.