Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Tinker V. Des Moines

Name: Tinker V. Des Moines

Year: 1969

Result: 7-2 Tinker won

Constitutional Issue: 1st amendment

Right or Liberty: Liberty

Significance: The school violated to 1st amendment.

Quote: "First Amendment rights, applied in light of the special characteristics of the school environment, are available to teachers and students. It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate."

Summary: Armbands are protected under 1st amendment




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