Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know

This case involved the issue of Freedom of Speech at school. The Court rules that you have the right to express yourself as long as it does not disrupt the Learning environment.

• Ingraham v. Wright (1977)

• Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe (2000)

• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969)

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

This case involves the 4th Amendment and your Privacy Rights at School. The Court ruled that your Belongings Can Be Searched, But Not Arbitrarily.

• West Side Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

• Kent v. United States (1966)

• New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)

This case involves school discipline. The court says administrators can use Corporal Punishment, If Your locality Allows It.

• Ingraham v. Wright (1977)

• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969)

• Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995)

• DeShaney v. Winnebago County Social Services (1989)

Public schools Cannot Sponsor Religious Activity, but students can pray on their own as long as it does not involve school staff.

• Ingraham v. Wright (1977)

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

• Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe (2000)

• Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995)

The Supreme Court has ruled that teens can be tried as adults as long as they have had a hearing in juvenile court.

• Kent v. United States (1966)

• New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)

• West Side Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)

• DeShaney v. Winnebago County Social Services (1989)

Schools Can Censor Student Newspapers, including High School Yearbooks.

• Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995)

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969)

• Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe (2000)

This case deals with the 4th Amendment and Drug Testing of student Athletes. The Supreme Court approved of Drug testing saying Schools must balance students' right to privacy against the need to make school campuses safe.

• West Side Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)

• Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)

• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969)

• Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995)

This case involves after school clubs. The Court says Public Schools That Allow Student-interest Clubs Cannot Exclude Religious or political ones.

• Ingraham v. Wright (1977)

• DeShaney v. Winnebago County Social Services (1989)

• Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe (2000)

• West Side Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)

The issue Affirmative Action at Universities. The Court says that Colleges Can Use Race as a Factor in Admissions but not the only factor.

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)

• Kent v. United States (1966)

• Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)

• New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)

The issue is Constitutional Rights at Home. The federal government will not get between a parent and their kids. It is up to state and local government to protect children.

• DeShaney v. Winnebago County Social Services (1989)

• Kent v. United States (1966)

• West Side Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)

• Ingraham v. Wright (1977)