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    armbands to school in protest of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. When the principals in the school district heard about their plan, fearing disruption due to the protest, they made a new rule prohibiting armbands at all the schools in the district. This caused some of the kids to change their minds about wearing the armbands, but not John and Mary. They wore the armbands to school, and when they were asked to remove them, they refused. They were suspended until they could return to…

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    during the holiday season. The schools of Des Moines became aware of this plan and adopted a policy that would require any student wearing an armband to school to remove their armband. Failure to do so would be met with a suspension until return without the armband. On December 16th, Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt wore black armbands to their schools. John Tinker wore his armband the next day. All three students were sent home and suspended from school until they would return…

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    Tinker v Des Moines and Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier. Tinker was America’s first Supreme Court case defining the extent of students’ speech. This case ruled in favor of students, when the court decided that students have their freedom of speech. This freedom could be limited, however, if a school could reasonably think that a student’s speech would interfere with the school’s…

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    use facts or even do something emotional, and they chose to use facts. By using facts, that just made what the author believes be even more real and true to the reader. One example of this is, “In the landmark 1969 case Tinker vs. Des Moines School District, the court upheld the right of students to attend classes wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. But an Aug. 5 decision by the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia involved a less solemn form of expressive adornment:…

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    stop at the school front door. Students have a right to freedom of speech, covered by the first amendment. The First Amendment protects students’ freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to peaceable assemble, and right to file grievance against the Unite States (U.S. Constitution, 2010.) Students are able to incorporate religion into essays and works of art, as long as the standards of the project is met (Alliance Defending Freedom, 2014.) The limitation is when the school forces…

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    with a few students in high school and middle school expressing their 1st amendment rights. In December of 1965, a meeting at Christopher Eckhardt’s home was held in membrane to show their support for the truce of the Vietnam War. The meeting consisted of a group of friends agreeing to wear armbands to show their support for the truce. These children were wearing black armbands, and fasting to peacefully protest and show their support for the surrender. However, the school had caught onto this,…

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    or their opinions. Also how the teachers should have freedom of speech in school or out of school. The argument that is stronger for me is for the students and the teachers to be allowed to have freedom of speech and should always be protected. To begin with, at the public school in Tinker V. Des Moines, the students and the teachers organized a small protest against the Vietnam War. The students wore black armbands to school for the protest the fighting. But once the principle saw that the…

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    Tinker vs. Des Moines This court case took place in the December of 1965, in Des Moines, Iowa. A group of students at a local high school decided that to protest the Vietnam war, they would wear black armbands from December 16 until New Year’s at school. The principals at the high school learned of the protest, and established a new rule on December 14th. The rule stated that any student wearing a black armband would be asked to remove it, and anyone who failed to remove it would be suspended.…

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    in the home of 16-year-old Christopher Eckhardt to plan a peaceful, silent, protest on their support for a truce in the Vietnam war. They decided to wear black armbands 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 stated that any student wearing…

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    Tinker v. Des Moines case Complete Citation Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969) Parties Involved in the Case John F. Tinker, fifteen years old, his younger sister Mary Beth Tinker, thirteen years old, and their friend Christopher Eckhardt, sixteen years old. Date and Place Where the Case Was Tried This case was contended on November 12, 1968. The court was chosen February 24, 1969. In a 7-2 choice, the Supreme Court decided that the…

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