The Case of Tinker Vs. Des Moines
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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The Case of
TINKER V. DES MOINES
The Problem?
Some students were suspended for peacefully expressing an opinion.
The students who were suspended included...
Mary Tinker, John Tinker, and Christopher Eckhardt
They wore black armbands to symbolize a protest
against America's involvement in the Vietman War.
No evidence was shown that the armbands
were disruptive to the learning enviroment.
However the students were still suspended
because of a policy that school made against the arm bands.
This policy was made two days
before the armbands were planned to be worn.
Feeling like their constitutional rights
were revoked (the First Amendment, Bill of Rights)...
Mary Tinker sued the school, through her parents.
The case eventally made it's way to the Supreme Court.
Where in a vote of 7-2, The court decided that a
student's expression should only be restricted if it causes disruptions.
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