Tinker V Des Moines
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Updated: 12 Dec 2017
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Created byJade Harmon
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Students in Des Moines wore black armbands to school to protest against the Vietnam warThe school board meets to discuss the armbands worn by studentsSchool board votes to suspend students who wear them. three students decide not to take them offThe fathers of the children complain that the suspension of the kids was a violation of the First AmendmentU.S supreme court decides that wearing the armbands are protected by the First AmendmentPlantiffs appeal the ruling to the 8th U.S circuit Court AppealsPlaintiffs appeal to the U.S supreme court, which agrees to hear the case.Aware of the policy of the school banning the armbands, five students wore them anywaysCase postponedThe school board did not show that it had any reason to believe that the protest would “materially and substantially interfere” with school discipline.
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