Tinker+vs+Des+Moines


 * __Summary__** -

During the Vietnam War, a small group of students decided to protest the war. Most of these children came from the Tinker family. They decided to wear black armbands to school. The school heard about their intentions before hand and decided to put a policy in place that stated any students wearing armbands would have to remove them or be suspended from school. The students wore them to school and were suspended. The Tinker parents filed suit saying it violated their First Amendment right to freedom of speech and expression. Supreme Court said that the school had singled out these students wearing black armbands. They said since it didn’t interfere with the school learning and that it was unconstitutional to band the armbands since others were wearing political buttons.

**__Impact on Education__** -

The impact of this ruling on education was that the Courts verdict extended the freedom of rights of expression to students and teachers in the public school. These rights should not interfere with rights of others or school discipline.

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