Civics Skills: How the Supreme Court's Tinker Ruling Affects Students

An anti-Vietnam protest that resulted in the Supreme Court confirming that students are persons under the constitution.

via Retro Report on August 22, 2024

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Understand students’ rights that are protected by the First Amendment.

In the landmark decision in Tinker v. Des Moines, the Supreme Court ruled that a symbolic protest, where public school students wore armbands, was protected under the First Amendment. Where should schools draw the line between students’ rights and the school’s need to maintain order?

The resources were funded in part by the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics Award from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

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