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Background

       Once upon a time, in a truly psychedelic decade known 

as the 60's, a group of teenagers got together.   These 

teenagers attended the Des Moines high school in Iowa and 

they were against the Vietnam War.   These kids hated the 

war as much as you kids hate bath time.   John Tinker along 

with his sister Mary Beth, along with a few other students, 

decided to wear black arm bands to school to show their 

distaste for the War.  

On December 16th, Mary Beth Tinker and Chris 

Eckhardt wore their armbands to school and 

were sent home, most likely a dream come 

true. The same thing happened to John Tinker 

the next day. This was not a very nice way of 

their school to act around the special Holiday 

season.   The three of them did not return until 

after New Year's (Truancy is never okay kids, 

stay in school). 

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The parents of the students sued the school 

district for being meanies and being mean 

about their children's freedom of expression.  

The district court sided with the school. 

Amendment in Question

The amendment in question for this case was 

the First Amendment.   This amendment 

guarantees a person's right to freedom of 

religion and expression.   It is super cool 

because it allows us to wear mismatched shoes 

and white after Labor day (Yaas

Gaga).  

Arguments Presented

The big bad parents brought the case to the 

Appeals Court, but they also sided with the 

District's court decision. They then brought it to the 

Supreme Court(Super hero Court) and their 

argument was that their children's first amendment 

rights were squashed and they didn't deserve to be 

suspended because they said so. The school argued 

that the arm bands were distracting other kids and 

their presence could result in disturbances in the 

classroom if they continued wearing them.

The Tinkers

Outcome of the Case

The supreme court voted in favor of Tinker, yay. They 

said that the armbands represented free speech and 

that the first amendment cannot be lost when a student 

steps onto school grounds.   The school could not prove 

how the arm bands would cause problems, so Tinker 

wins.   This case did not overturn any previous 

decisions.

Tinker: 1 

Des Moines School District: 0

The (extremely diverse) Supreme Court Justices who ruled on the case

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