Essay On Tinker Vs Des Moines

In the Tinker vs. Des Moines court case the judges decided for Tinker even though both arguments from the lawyers where not well made. The judge’s decision was made by who they thought they should go for even though both sides had bad arguments and made a bigger deal of this case than what it should really be.

In the history of the Supreme Court, there have been many First Amendment cases that outline if exercises of free speech and expression are constitutional or unconstitutional. One of the most paramount 1st amendment cases is that of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969). This significant case helped shape the extension of symbolic speech, as well as ensure the freedom of speech and expression to students in schools.

In other words, the first Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, the right to petition and the separation of church and state. It also

     The first and inargueably the most significant of the amendments to our Constitution is the First Amendment. The amendment that established our freedoms as citizens of our new confederation. The First Amendment insured, among other things, freedom of speech and of the press. Since the establishment of these rights, they have often been in question. People have debated over, "What is too much freedom?", and "When is this

The First Amendment states that “everybody has freedom of speech, press, and religion.” The First Amendment allows us, as U.S. citizens to speak freely about our feelings throughout the government. The First Amendment could possibly be the most important in the whole Bill of Rights. This amendment affects us in our daily life, whether we're teenagers or adults

In today's society though, people are starting to become extremely confused on what the First Amendment actually covers. For example, burning the American flag in a protest is actually protected by the First Amendment, but many people see burning the

A very popular constitutional issue in America is the First Amendment. The First Amendment is meant to protect, but in today’s society it is being questioned that the argument is being overly used. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference (Esmaili). Freedom of religion created the separation of church and state. It prohibits the government from interfering with a person's practice of their religion. The right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without government interference or regulation. The right of freedom of expression gives the right to assemble and gather for peaceful and lawful purposes. It was adopted into the Bill of Rights in 1791. The Court later interpreted the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as protecting the rights in the First Amendment from interference by state governments. Putting this is layman’s term, you can pretty much say what you want without being penalized.

In December of 1965 Mary Beth Tinker, John Tinker, and Christopher Eckhardt were suspended from the Des Moines public school system for wearing black armbands supporting a truce during the Vietnam War (Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, n.d). Mary Beth and John’s younger siblings, Hope and Paul, also participated in the protest (Tinker v. Des Moines, 2013). Mary Beth, John, and Christopher’s suspension was lifted following the Christmas break when the students’ planned protest ended and they no longer were going to wear the armbands (Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, n.d). The students’ parents sued the school district on behalf of their children (Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community

In this book, they discuss the backstory of the trial, the trial itself, the judge, and the verdict. This book covers the entire story start to finish, they even have what if scenarios. This book started off by saying how the situation started, with the Vietnam War. Some people were for it, and some were against it. In Tinker vs. Des Moines, the short version, students wore arm bands to protest the Vietnam War. This source dives into how the majority of America felt about the war, and how Americans felt about anti-war protestors. This source discusses what truly the First Amendment is and what is constituted “aloud” under free speech.

The First Amendment was a key component in Reno v. ACLU. It states that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. The Courts

Discrimination in American is not something new it goes back to the time of slavery and when most of the minority groups (Japanese and Chinese) were treated inhumanly. However, now days the discrimination is seen as if it’s fading away, but for those who are facing it in their daily lives it still exists. In the documentary “White Like Me”, it is shown how white people are getting away with their bias and stereotypes toward the minority groups and find easy excuses like color blindness to justify their actions. For instance: Trumps current travel ban is a good example because he is using the safety of the country as an excuse and convince people to agree with him. However, only if they knew the current threat to American is gun violence which

In the past, the Rule of Law for the First Amendment was that American citizens had the right not to speak (West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)), right for students to wear black armbands to school to protest a war (Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 U.S. 503 (1969)), the right to use certain offensive words and phrases to convey political messages (Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971)), the right

Also the black wrist bands worn by students all across the nation in protest of the U.S.'s troops in Vietnam was a form of peaceful expression people who are stricter about the first amendment's meaning would be against; i.e. it's not being spoken, but symbolized.

First of all in my community there is discrimination through races of whites and blacks. Although the lawful right ended years ago for the equality of all races there is still a fight, in most places worse than others. The law enforcement in my town do not discipline equally. If you

But, laws have been put in place to combat discrimination in recent years. Sad thing is there are a lot of studies of how African Americans or Hispanics are killed in the media, but when I searched for statics on Caucasians there was not much out there. The FBI has a great resource that we also use in law enforcement. It is UCR data; the data suggest though that there are more white victims compared to all other victims. That may be the case since there is more Caucasians in the US then any other races, so I again look at the media for our current issues. Media shows racial discrimination all the time because it gains acceptance and thrill for people who want entertainment. The case of Michael Brown was outrageously purported that police are out to shoot black people. That is far from the truth, I know the town where it happened had a tendency to be racist. I’ll give it that, but when it came to the shooting the officer was only asking Brown to not walk in the middle of the street and to walk on the sidewalk. The officer had no idea brown had stolen cigarillo’s from a convince store near by. Brown reached for the officer’s gun while the officer was in his patrol