Tinker v DesMoines

2. The
War 1. The War
2. The Protest
3. The School District
4. The Supreme Court
5. The Aftermath

3. The
Protest
The
District
The
War November 1955 – 30 April 1975
Supreme
Court
Occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and
Cambodia.
U.S involved to prevent
communist take-over.
Many Americans protested the
war.

4. The
Protest
The
District
The
Protest In 1965, Senator Robert Kennedy called a
Supreme
Court
Christmas Truce.
John, Mary Beth, Hope, Paul and their
friend Christopher Eckhardt decided to
wear a black arm band with the peace
sign on it to school.
Their schools principals found out and
banned them from wearing it.
They wore them anyways.

5. The
Protest
The
District
The
District
Supreme
Court
John, Mary Beth and Christopher were
suspended from school while the two
younger children were not punished.
They were suspended from December 16,
1965 until January 1, 1966.
The school board upheld the school’s
decision.

6. The
Protest
The
District
The
Court
Supreme
Court
 Their parents fought with the Iowa Civil Liberties Union and the
ACLU against the U.S District Court and the U.S Court of Appeals for
two years.
 On November 12, 1968, the case was argued before the Supreme
Court.
 February 24 1969, by a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court voted in favor of
the students.
 Students do not lose their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse
gate.
 Justice Abe Fortas “It can hardly be argued that either students or
teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or
expression at the schoolhouse gate.“

7. The
Protest
The
District
The
After-math
Supreme
Court
 Basic case law resulting from the
case is: Public Schools may not
prohibit student speech unless it
disrupts education.
 Tinker test
 Bethel School District vs. Fraser
(1986)
 Morse vs. Frederick (2007)