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    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

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    In the Tinker V. Des Moines Independent community school district case students were involved in a silent protest against the Vietnam war. The school tried to prevent the students from protesting by telling them that if they wore their black armbands they would be suspended until they agreed to take them off. The U.S. District Court sided with the school saying that the bands could disrupt the children from their work. The students appealed the case to the Court of Appeals but lost. They then took

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    Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District Maggie Anderson EDL 606 Judicial and Ethical Considerations April 25, 2015 William Carey University   Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District Introduction of Case: In the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District case, three students, John F. Tinker, Christopher Eckhardt, and Mary Beth Tinker were all suspended from school for wearing black armbands to school to protest the United States involvement in

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    TINKER 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

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    The 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

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    December 1965 in Des Moines Iowa John and Mary Beth Tinker decided to show they are opposition to the 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

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    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 Mary Beth Tinker and John

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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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    unless it disrupted the educational process. Because wearing a black armband was not disruptive, the Court held that the First Amendment protected the right of students to wear one. Since then Tinker remains a frequently-cited Court precedent. In Morse v. Frederick, the Supreme Court will decide whether Tinker remains good law, and whether the First Amendment continues to protect the right of students to express controversial views that are not disruptive but may disagree with official school policy

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    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 December 1965, a group of Iowa residents, both adults

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