HS Press Laws & Ethics
Tinker v. Des Moines is a historic Supreme Court ruling from 1969 that cemented students’ rights to free speech in public schools. Mary Beth and her brother John were suspended from middle school because they and a few other students wore black armbands in protest.
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court’s majority ruled that students and teachers DO NOT “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court’s majority ruled that students and teachers DO NOT “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”