Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
Tinker Vs. Des Moines - Online Term Paper

Tinker Vs. Des Moines

1. On a cold, brisk December morning in 1965 five students, and their
parents of Des Moines high school made an extremely poor decision by
wearing dark, filthy black, inappropriate material representing non-
existent peace in a thriving nation. Earlier that week the principal of the
high school warned the students and the parents that the armbands would
create a nuisance and disrupt the learning environment making the
educational atmosphere discontent. They wore the armbands anyway and when
they refused to take off the bands they were merely suspended as punishment
which is still thought of today as appropriate response to direct refusal
to obey school rules. Parents of one of the ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

to
establish rules for student behavior and conduct.

3. The Tinker's accused the school district of violating The Bill of Rights,
first amendment, the right of freedom of speech and the fourteenth
amendment, the rights of the citizens [civil rights]. They claimed that
MaryBeth was exercising her rights under the Constitution. They then sued
the school district for violating those rights. The school district did
not agree and fought to defend their position.

4. The defense reminded the court that the school district authorities have
the right to administer rules that will maintain their standards of safety
and quality of education for their students. In addition, the school
authorities warned the students IN ADVANCE that if they wore an armband to
school the punishment would be suspension. In spite of this advance
warning the students blatantly engaged in this prohibited activity,
disrupting the learning environment. The previously heard case of Cox vs.
Louisiana, resulted ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.

Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE:

APA
MLA
Chicago
Turabian

Tinker Vs. Des Moines. (2006, January 21). Retrieved February 11, 2026, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Tinker-Vs-Des-Moines/39951

"Tinker Vs. Des Moines." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 21 Jan. 2006. Web. 11 Feb. 2026. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Tinker-Vs-Des-Moines/39951>

"Tinker Vs. Des Moines." Essayworld.com. January 21, 2006. Accessed February 11, 2026. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Tinker-Vs-Des-Moines/39951.

JOIN NOW

Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays

PAPER DETAILS

Added: 1/21/2006 12:19:11 AM
Category: Government
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 392
Pages: 2

Save |

Report

SHARE THIS PAPER

SAVED ESSAYS

Save and find your favorite essays easier