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    a group of individuals in Des Moines held a meeting to protest the Vietnam War. The group decided to fast and wear armbands as a sign of there disapproval. The principals of the Des Moines schools heard of the armband protest and adopted a policy banning any student from wearing the armbands at school. Any student caught wearing the armband at school would be asked to remove it‚ and if he refused he would be suspended until he returned without the armband. John Tinker and several other students

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    Tinker v. Des Moines

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    Joao Raimundo US History 10 Mr. Kegler 06/10/2013 Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District The ‘Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District’ gained notice in 1968‚ when it first was argued in the Supreme Court of the United States. The case was introduced because in December of 1965‚ John Tinker‚ Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt took their black armbands to school. The black armbands were a symbol to their objections to the hostilities in the Vietnam

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    Tinker V. Des Moines

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    Tinker v. Des Moines School District Warren Court‚ 393 U.S. 503 (1969) FACTS John Tinker was 15 years old who grew up with his sister Mary Beth Tinker‚ 13 years old‚ and brother Christopher Echardt‚ 16. They decided to follow their parents who were protesting the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands to their Des Moines schools during the holiday season of Christmas and New Years. Once the word was out about the protests‚ the principals of the Des Moines school district decided that all students

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    Tinker v. Des Moines Elizabeth Mosakowski Mrs. Dabalos IB History 806 Words Through the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States‚ it is made known that no law can declare an official religion‚ prevent people from peacefully assembling‚ petitioning‚ or take away the freedoms of speech and press. Now in the twentieth century the Supreme Court has shown an increased willingness in their judiciary position to interpret the ammendment’s guarantees.1  The First

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    Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District 393 U.S. 503 "It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." This was the main argument from Justice Abe Fortas that came into play at the Tinker v. Des Moines School District Case of 1969. The case involved a small group of students who silently dissented against the government’s policy during the ongoing Vietnam War by wearing black

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    Tinker v. Des Moines is a court case that happened in 1969 and was a dispute about wearing armbands to school for a protest against the Vietnam war. The principals did not like the idea of the protest and decided to shut it down by banning all armbands. The students weren’t going to go down without a fight and wore them anyway. This case all started with a meeting at Christopher Echardt’s house to do a silent protest of the Vietnam war. The “Tinker kids” decided the wear two-inch-wide black armbands

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    October 8‚ 2012 Tinker V. Des Moines: Does the first amendment protect everyone In 1969Des Moines Iowa school districts‚ it was fine to wear the iron cross to support Nazis but it was not okay to wear arm bands to support stopping the Vietnam War. (“Tinker V. Des Moines” 3) When students wore the arm bands they were asked to go home and suspended from school. This set up the case for Tinker v. Des Moines independent school district‚ a case that would determine the right of free speech for students

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    petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. The Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) is a landmark case that established whether or not students leave their 1st Amendment rights at the school gate. In December 1965‚ Mary Beth Tinker‚ a 13-year-old junior high student‚ gathered a group of students and decided to wear black wristbands that protested the Vietnam War. When asked to take the wristbands

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    Although students do not lose their rights as they walk through the school gates‚ their rights are restricted for the safety of others. The court case of Tinker v. Des Moines argues the same issue of the rights of students while on school grounds. “Because the appearance of the armbands distracted students from their work‚ they detracted from the ability of the school officials to perform their duties‚ so the school

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    Maxwell J. Whitney Ms. Bodle Social Studies 10 January 2016 In the case of Tinker v. Des Moines five brave students decided to wear black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. Even though they were threatened with suspension they still decided to wear them. They got suspended until they would agree to not wear the armbands but still wore all black clothes to school for the rest of in year. Students should be able to protest in schools because of the first amendment‚ their opinions matter

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