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Facts and Case Summary - Tinker v. Des Moines. Decision Date : February 24, 1969. Background. At a public school in Des Moines, Iowa, students planned to wear black armbands at school as a silent protest against the Vietnam War.
Nov 12, 2011 · Petitioners, three public school pupils in Des Moines, Iowa, were suspended from school for wearing black armbands to protest the Government's policy in Vietnam. They sought nominal damages and an injunction against a regulation that the respondents had promulgated banning the wearing of armbands.
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court that recognized the First Amendment rights of students in U.S. public schools.
Apr 13, 2017 · Des Moines, United States Supreme Court, (1969) Case summary for Tinker v. Des Moines: Students were suspended for wearing black arm bands in protest of the Vietnam War. Their parents challenged the suspension alleging their childrens’ First Amendment rights were violated.
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A group of students planned a public showing of their support for a truce in the Vietnam war. They decided to wear black armbands at school. In response, the school created a policy that stated that any student wearing an armband would be asked to remove it, with refusal to do so resulting in suspension. Several students were suspended as a result ...
The First Amendment applies to public schools. School officials may not censor student speech unless it disrupts the educational process.
In December 1965, a group of students in Des Moines planned a public showing of their support for a truce in the Vietnam war. They decided to wear black armbands throughout the holiday season and to fast on December 16 and New Year’s Eve. The principals of the Des Moines school learned of the plan and met on December 14 to create a policy that stat...
Does a prohibition against the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the students’ freedom of speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment?
Yes, a prohibition against the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violates the students’ freedom of speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Justice Black The First Amendment does not provide the right to express any opinion at any time anywhere. The armbands distracted students from their work and prevented the school officials from performing their other duties. As such, the school district was well within its rights in sending the students home and disciplining them. Justice Harlan S...
Justice Stewart Children are not necessarily guaranteed the full extent of First Amendment rights, as adults are.
The wearing of armbands in this case represents pure speech that is entirely separate from actually or potentially disruptive conduct by the participants. Pure speech is entitled to comprehensive protection under the First Amendment. Students do not lose their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech when they enter the school grounds. In order ...
Petitioner John F. Tinker, 15 years old, and petitioner Christopher Eckhardt, 16 years old, attended high schools in Des Moines, Iowa. Petitioner Mary Beth Tinker, John’s sister, was a 13-year-old student in junior high school.
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Decided February 24, 1969. MR. JUSTICE FORTAS delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner John F. Tinker, 15 years old, and petitioner Christopher Eckhardt, 16 years old, attended high schools in Des Moines, Iowa. Petitioner Mary Beth Tinker, John's sister, was a 13-year-old student in junior high school. In December 1965, a group of adults ...
