Tinker Vs Moines Case Study
The Tinker v. Des Moines case happended during the Vietnam War between 1955 and 1975. Thousans of protests occured againts the Vietnam War in the United States between those 2 dates.
In the fall of 1965 in Iowa with a group of 3 minors named Mary Beth Tinker, John Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt.
They came to School wearing black armband to protest against the Vietnam War. They were asked to take it off or they would be suspended. They disagreed and the school later suspended them because people in Iowa believed that black armbands showed bad feelings against the Vietnam War.
The 3 students came back to school after the Christmas break to keep their education without any armbands, but in protest wore black clothing for the remainder of the …show more content…
The reason why judges voted YES is because they say that Childrens are not necessarly guaranteed the full extent of the First Amendment. They add that the students did not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the school.
The other 2 judges voted NO because they state that the First Amendment doesn’t provide the right to express any opinion at any time. They also believe that the armband would disrupt other students in class. As a result the Supreme Court found out that actions of the Tinkers in wearing armbands did not cause any disruption and that their activity was protected symbolic speech.
The 3 minors that were involved in the Tinker v. Des Moines followed the law and that the school had no rights punish students from expressing their view.
The case ended on Februrary 24, 1969 and it really only took only 3 months for the Supreme Court to decide weither or not it is legal to express your views politically.
Today it remains a Courts precedent and is used in other cases.
This case is important because it reminds us that we have the right to express yourself politically and that it is protected by the
In the fall of 1965 in Iowa with a group of 3 minors named Mary Beth Tinker, John Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt.
They came to School wearing black armband to protest against the Vietnam War. They were asked to take it off or they would be suspended. They disagreed and the school later suspended them because people in Iowa believed that black armbands showed bad feelings against the Vietnam War.
The 3 students came back to school after the Christmas break to keep their education without any armbands, but in protest wore black clothing for the remainder of the …show more content…
The reason why judges voted YES is because they say that Childrens are not necessarly guaranteed the full extent of the First Amendment. They add that the students did not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the school.
The other 2 judges voted NO because they state that the First Amendment doesn’t provide the right to express any opinion at any time. They also believe that the armband would disrupt other students in class. As a result the Supreme Court found out that actions of the Tinkers in wearing armbands did not cause any disruption and that their activity was protected symbolic speech.
The 3 minors that were involved in the Tinker v. Des Moines followed the law and that the school had no rights punish students from expressing their view.
The case ended on Februrary 24, 1969 and it really only took only 3 months for the Supreme Court to decide weither or not it is legal to express your views politically.
Today it remains a Courts precedent and is used in other cases.
This case is important because it reminds us that we have the right to express yourself politically and that it is protected by the