Details of the Case:
John Tinker of 15 years old along with his sister Mary Tinker of 13 years old, and Christopher Echardt of 16 years old, decided to protest the Vietnam War as well as their parents, by wearing black armbands to their schools. The principles of the De Moines schools noticing the wristbands worried that this would be come and issue. The children would be asked to remove the black armands of be taken out of school. When the Tinker siblings and Christopher wore their black armbands to school, they were as expected, asked to remove them. They then refused, and were suspended until after New Year's Day.
John Tinker of 15 years old along with his sister Mary Tinker of 13 years old, and Christopher Echardt of 16 years old, decided to protest the Vietnam War as well as their parents, by wearing black armbands to their schools. The principles of the De Moines schools noticing the wristbands worried that this would be come and issue. The children would be asked to remove the black armands of be taken out of school. When the Tinker siblings and Christopher wore their black armbands to school, they were as expected, asked to remove them. They then refused, and were suspended until after New Year's Day.
Constitutional Question:
Does enforcement to remove the black armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the First Amendment's freedom of speech protections?
Does enforcement to remove the black armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the First Amendment's freedom of speech protections?
Decision:
7 votes for Tinker, and 2 votes against
7 votes for Tinker, and 2 votes against
Lasting Effect:
There are limitations of freedom of speech in school buildings, depending on what it would be. the rules are more astrictly known and enforced.
There are limitations of freedom of speech in school buildings, depending on what it would be. the rules are more astrictly known and enforced.