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    ET AL. v. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL. 393 U.S. 503; 89 S. Ct. 733; 21 L. Ed. 2d 731; 1969 U.S. LEXIS 2443; 49 Ohio Op. 2d 222 Facts of the Case: A group of adults and students met at the Eckhardt home to plan to wear black armbands during the holiday season. The black armbands represent their objection to the hostile happenings in Vietnam and their support for a truce. All participants have taken part in similar actions before. Des Moines schools adopted a policy banning

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    Coy Gunner

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    Smallville High School had an annual event every year. Coy Gunner was the star of the school. He came to the Fair with the tee-shirt that had the words “Joints for Jesus” in the front. The back of the shirt said WWJS: What Would Jesus Smoke?!” Both of the sides were written by larger, yellow letters. The images of the shirt looked like Christ smoking marijuana cigarette. Principal Cuthbert was shocked at Gunner. He called Gunner come to his office, and decided to suspend Gunner for ten school days. The

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    Vietnam war by wearing black armbands with peace signs on them to school. The administrative office quickly found out about their plans making a new school rule banding armbands anyone who wore these armbands and then refused to take them off if asked would then be suspended. The tinkers knew of this rule before continuing with their protest they showed up two days later, with four other students joining them, they went to school with the armbands when asked to remove them they refused so they

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    Facts: The Petitioner, Mary Beth Tinker and John F. Tinker who were students in high school of Des Moines Independent Community School District, chose to wear black armbands to school in opposition of the Vietnam War. The Respondent, Des Moines Independent Community School District, created a policy that banned wearing of black armbands to school. Any student who wore armbands to school would be asked to remove it, but if they refuse, they would be suspended until compliance with the policy. Although

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    The union’s victory over the conference and the return to a united country engendered patriotic fervor that was embodied in this symbol. When large numbers of immigrants entered the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the flag was appropriated as a symbol of nationalism and patriotism groups that felt that the cultures and custom’s of the new citizen’s threatened national unity and security. (“flag”) I thank that the confederate flag should not be inside government

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    is a student at the Oliver Wendell Homes High School, which is located in the South Bay County. The community of the South Bay County was holding a community-wide health fair where the Oliver Wendell Holmes High School was invited to set an information booth because the Oliver Wendell Holmes High School is known for talking to their students about the health issues concerning the use of illegal drugs. During the community-wide health fair, the school administration and teachers encouraged their students

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    Religion and the First Amendment in Schools Recently, students were instructed to write an essay along with a pictorial representation of the person they considered to be their hero. Since one student chose Jesus as his hero and submitted a drawing of the Last Supper, possible legal complications need to be considered before grading and displaying the assignment. An examination of First Amendment legal issues that arise when a student submits an assignment of religious nature will provide insight

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    Over five years have passed since high school senior Joseph Frederick was suspended for 10 days by school principal Deborah Morse after refusing her request to take down a 14-foot banner he was displaying at a school-sanctioned event which read “BONG HiTS 4 JESUS.” Born as a seemingly trivial civil lawsuit in which Frederick sued the school for violating his First Amendment rights to free speech, the case made its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the long-awaited ruling of Morse v. Frederick

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    to students? What does the Supreme Court base itself to determine the limits of a child's rights? Can school districts limit a child's freedom of speech on social media? These questions will be analyzed and answered in the following paragraphs. In 1965, Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt wore black armbands to school as a way of protesting the Vietnam war. The principles of the school then created a policy stating that any student wearing a black armband would be asked to remove it and

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    When people think of America they think that America is the land of the free, which without a doubt it is compared to many other countries but how free is America really? Let’s take a closer look at the first amendment in the Bill of Rights, which is the outline for any American citizen’s rights. It states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercises thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of press.” ("The Constitution of the

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