Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Supreme Court Case: Freedom of Expression in Public Schools
Violation of First Amendment Rights?
The three students their first amendment right was violated and decided to present their case to the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court agreed to view the case. In a 7 to 2 decision the court ruled in favor of the students. Justice Abe Fortas continued to say that "wearing the armbands was an action akin to pure speech," he further stated that students and teachers are not shed their constitutional right at a schoolhouses gates. Justice Potter Stewart wrote with a concurring opinion that " A state may permissibly determine that, at least in some precisely delineated areas, a child . . . is not possessed of that full capacity for individual choice which is the presupposition of First Amendment guarantees."
However, Justice Hugo Black dissented, saying that "the wearing of armbands had led to a mockery from other students and other disruptive behavior." Justice Marshall Harlan also argued that "school officials should have wide latitude in maintaining discipline."
Today, students and teachers alike are not stripped of their 1st amendment rights once they pass the school gate, instead they may freely and openly speak their minds.
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society, 2004
Mary & John Tinker
2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
Justice Abe Fortas
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States. Original uploader was Ruslik0
13 April 2009 (original upload date)
Propaganda opposing the Vietnam War
Cameron Albin
Propaganda of the News
Dr. Marshall Soules, Malaspina University-College, 2007
Propaganda for War
Cold War Propaganda and Comics
Posted on November 17, 2010