The Tinker V. Des Moines Independent School District Decision Of 1969 In December of 1965, students attending Des Moines Public Schools held a meeting at Christopher Eckhardt 's house to conduct a plan to show their support for a truce in the ongoing Vietnam War. They resolved to wear black...
Particular attention is paid to the question of whether and how appeals courts have been willing to apply the "material and substantial disruption" standard from the Supreme Court's 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines decision to speech occurring off-campus. The paper, which is targeted toward both legal...
Nevertheless, the Tinker decision changed the legal landscape for students who sought to exercise their First Amendment rights. Further readings Farish, Leah. 1997. Tinker v. Des Moines: Student Protest. Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Enslow. Johnson, John W. 1997. The Struggle for Student Rights: ...
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, case in which on February 24, 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court established (7–2) the free speech and political rights of students in school settings. On the basis of the majority decision in Tinker v. Des Moines, school officials wh...
v. The Des Moines Independent Community School District et al. circa 1965-1969, on namesake John F. Tinker, circa 2008.;John Tinker was involved in a landmark 1969 United States Supreme Court decision nearly 40 years ago. He was 15 years old when he wore a black armband to school to ...
In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), the U.S. Supreme Court set the standard for future cases concerning student freedom of speech and press rights (=-=Kopenhaver & Click, 2001-=-). The case involved two high school students – John F. Tinker, 15, and...