Tinker+v.+DeMoines

Fearing that the armbands would cause disturbances, the principals of the Des Moines school district decreed that all students wearing armbands would be asked to remove them, or face suspension. When the Tinker siblings and Christopher wore their armbands to school, they were asked to remove them. When they refused, they were suspended until after New Year's Day. || Type in the content of your page here.
 * **Year **: 1969
 * Constitutional Principle **: Civil liberties
 * People Involved **: John Tinker, 15 years old, his sister Mary Beth Tinker, 13 years old, and Christopher Eckhardt, 16 years old || [[image:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lL9bkHorxtg/SaQo6zqGAtI/AAAAAAAAAXE/PCRAjSXVumc/s400/marybethjohntinker.jpg width="312" height="212"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/05_06/AG1/kk/tinker.gif]] || **What Happened **: The Tinker children decided, along with their parents, to protest the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands to their Des Moines schools during the Christmas holiday season.
 * **Verdict **: Wearing armbands is closely related to freedom of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment. Schools may imply limitations on free expression, but in order to do so, the principals need to show that the forbidden conduct would interfere with school discipline. || [[image:http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/tinker.jpg width="246" height="173"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/05_06/AG1/kk/SC.gif width="250" height="155"]] || **Amendment Involved **: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
 * Importance **: Ruled that certain kinds of nonverbal communication can be protected under the First Amendment. ||
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