Tinker V. Des Moines Independent School Case Study

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As a student you have the right to express your feelings like the case in 1965 of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent school district. Chris Eckhardt a 16 year old student wore black armbands to school to protest against the war in Vietnam and as a result the school asked him to remove him which he didn’t and they suspended him and his parents sued the school. The court ruled for Chris Eckhardt the court said that as long as there wasn’t any distractions with work and no disorder they saw no reason that he couldn’t wear those armbands.
As a student you don’t have the right to refuse a drug test for sports like the case in 1995 of Vernonia School DIstrict v. Acton where 12 year old James Acton wanted to be on the football team and a drug test is required. His parents refused the drug test. The court ruled for the school’s side. The court also said that sports aren’t for the shy.
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T.L.O., where a 14 year old was caught in the act of smoking in the bathroom and the principal asked her some questions and then demanded a search in her purse and she refused to let it happen. The school called the police and she admitted to smoking in the bathroom and selling drugs to other students. Later, the court ruled on the school’s side that they had a reasonable reason to search her bag.
As a student you don’t have the right to refuse punishment from school like the Ingraham v. Wright case in 1977 14 year old James Ingraham was accused by a teacher he was being to loud in the auditorium. The principal went to give him swats for his punishment and James refused to receive the swats. Later on the school took this case to court and the court ruled across of James and said that the school has the right to punish you but the court did say that the teachers would have to use caution for punishments to