Henry’s attorney, Megan Pearson, disagreed with just about every point that Tafelski made, but agreed with one. Although the Supreme Court didn’t actually rule on whether self-defense applied in schools, the Appeals Court had, and the high court supported that ruling. “It was kind of a gray area about whether it strictly applied,” she said, “but now we know.”
Law 101: If an appeals court rules that a law applies, and a supreme court upholds that ruling, it more or less follows that the supreme court "ruled" that the law applies.
What a novel idea: laws apply even in schools. I hope some other states get the memo.