The state did the right thing today and dropped the charges. I would be remiss if I did not issue a massive, huge, overarching thank you to everyone who supported me during this ordeal.

I am really grateful that this is over and I can move on with my life. I have lots of catching up to do for law school - contracts, civil procedure and legal skills.

Justice was done, the First Amendment was protected and we have taken a step towards creating a more just, equitable society.

For every person like me, who was unjustly charged and actually prevailed in court, there are many more like James Calvin Tillman who was unjustly imprisoned for 18 years. A majority of those happen to be African-American or Latino.

While the dismissal of the charges against me is a start, we have a lot of work to do as a society in righting wrongs. I offer the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a reminder and an inspiration.

CtNewsJunkie - who broke the story back in January - was in court this morning.

Elpuribusmedia has a great round-up of what happened.

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This is not going to be fun, although I am cautiously optimistic. Yep, tomorrow I go back to court at 10 a.m. We have a supervised pre-trial conference between my attorney, the prosecutor and the judge. Wish me luck.

This was fun. I needed something to balance out the equation. Nolan shot the footage. Music by the Minutemen (courtesy of Steely Dan). Enjoy.

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If wisdom prevails, the U.S. Supreme Court will not purchase the fallacy peddled by Kenneth W. Starr and the federal government that students have no right in schools to challenge the failed policy of drug prohibition.

Starr argued in front of the nine justices of the august Supreme Court Monday, March 19 that the educational mission of teaching students the dangers about illegal drugs outweighed a student's right to exercise the First Amendment.

As part of my law school education, and for the loyal readers of this column, I obtained a press pass and secured a front row seat in the hallowed Court chambers for the oral arguments of Frederick v. Morse.

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Some 20,000 or so people rallied on Saturday, March 17 in Washington, D.C. Most of those gathered were against the war, others, were there to protest the protest. I've got interviews with Cindy Sheehan, Michele Malkin and Rocky Anderson to come soon.

But on to the photos first.

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