on December 16, 1965, 13-year-old Mary Beth Tinker, 15-year-old John Tinker, and 24 other individuals wore black armbands with peace signs to protest the war between the U.S. and North Vietnam. However, school officials didn't react well. "Fearing the armbands would cause arguments and fights on campus, and school officials created a rule banning them." Anyone who wore one would be asked to remove it or be suspended if they refused" (Tinker vs. Des Moines). The school suspended Mary and her brother…
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A landmark case around the Vietnam era, Tinker vs Des Moines Schools was based around free speech rights. In December of 1965, John Tinker, Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt all planned to wear black armbands in support of the de-escalation of the war in Vietnam. The school’s principal believed this was an absolute atrocity and created a school-wide rule that said that students must remove armbands or be suspended. The group of protesters, unsurprisingly, were suspended for not removing their…
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Tinker vs Des Moines independent school district (1969) In the court case Tinker vs Des Moines kids wore armbands to school to protest the war in vietnam. But then the teachers quickly noticed the armbands and sent the kids to the office where they were suspended.when the parents found out what happened they took the school to court where they said the school was violating freedom of speech it is here where the court agreed with the parents and gave the kids the right to wear the armbands. New…
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In the court case Tinker Vs Des Moines, Justice Fortas argues that schools were wrong to suspend students wearing black armbands in protest of the Vietnam war. He states that arm bands are under protection by the first amendment and refers to other cases that show that students maintain the right to free speech in schools. So many sought it took away from a person’s ability to study, some said it was against the student’s rights. The court ruled that students has its constitutional rights and one…
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The Supreme Court is the highest federal court. Each year thousands of people try to have the Supreme Court look at their case because for these people it is the last resort for justice, however most of the time the Supreme Court cannot view these cases. Approximately eighty cases or one percent of the cases are accepted each year. Once accepted they have a briefing and an oral argument. Soon after the justices of the Supreme Court make a precedent. Whenever the Supreme Court sets a precedent they…
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The case of Tinker vs. Des Moines was a case that went down in history as an example of how dissension due to a misreading of an amendment can be dealt with. The Supreme Court decided in the end that the school was right in their actions to ban the arm bands, but they agreed with the students that the First Amendment does include symbolic speech. However, my fellow lawyer, Amanda, and I disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision on the basis of the truths of scripture and the morals and conscience…
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In December 1969 the Tinker vs. Des Moines case was that a group of students decided to wear black armbands with white peace signs on their right arm in protest of the Vietnam War. Fifteen year old John F. Tinker and his siblings Mary Beth (thirteen), Hope (eleven), and Paul (eight), along with their friend Christopher Eckhardt (sixteen) wore the bands. The school found out about the armbands and banned them. The students were to be suspended if they didn't agree to remove them. Their suspension…
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Morse vs. Frederick In 2007 during a school’s Winter Olympics Torch Relay, a student by the name of Joseph Frederick held up a banner stating “BONG HiTS 4 JESUS” and he was promptly suspended from school. Soon after his suspension, Frederick filed a lawsuit against the school stating that they “Violated his right to freedom of speech.” The school very quickly denied these allegations stating that he gives up some of his rights when he comes to school, although this did not happen on school grounds…
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AP Government Review Cases • McConnell v. Federal Election Commission o Court said that ads that only mentioned but did not “expressly advocate” a candidate were ways of influencing the election o Upholds 2002 campaign finance reform law • Schenck v. United States (1919) o Speech may be punished if it creates a clear-and-present-danger test of illegal acts o Anti-draft pamflats were handed out o “clear and present danger” • Chaplinksy v. New Hampshire (1942) o “Fighting words” are not protected…
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The case of Morse Vs. Frederick had all began when a young man by the name of Joseph Frederick came up with the idea to hold a banner during a school sponsored event which stated the message “Bong Hits 4 Jesus,” relating to smoking marijuana. Prior to this situation, Joseph had been just a normal eighteen year old boy, attending Juneau-Douglas High School located in Juneau, Alaska. Then suddenly, in 2002 Frederick had found the right moment to get his chance on TV. What Joseph planned to do was…
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