1st AMENDMENT MINI: Tinker V. Des Moines (1969)

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Can a public school PROHIBIT armbands (a.k.a. symbolic speech)?

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The 1st Amendment

Tinker v. Des Moines @ Wikipedia >>

Tinker v. Des Moines (1968-69) @ Oyez.org >>

Does a prohibition against the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the students’ freedom of speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment?

Tinker V. Des Moines (Official Decision) >>

“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
~ Justice Abe Fortas

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