Ken Starr, Marijuana, and Jesus, only in Alaska could these things all be connected.

The Supreme Court entered into a free-speech dispute Friday involving a high school student suspended over a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner.

The justices accepted an appeal from a school board in Juneau, Alaska, after a federal appeals court allowed a lawsuit by the family of Joseph Frederick to proceed.

Frederick was suspended in 2002 after he unfurled the 14-foot-long banner -- a reference to marijuana use -- just outside school grounds as the Olympic torch relay moved through the Alaskan capital headed for the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

I am not a drug user, and am not terribly sympathetic to the lifestyle, but come on this is ridiculous! The kid was not even on school property!

But what makes this thing even more surreal is who the school board has chosen to represent their side of the case.

Attorney Kenneth Starr, the former Whitewater prosecutor who investigated President Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, is representing the school board.

I mean how can you have a circus without a clown?