Supreme Court Landmark Cases

What was the issue in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?

• The students and parents sued the school district claiming a violation of their first Amendment right of freedom of speech.

• The school district wanted to search the bags of the students.

• The parents did not want their children wearing black armbands in school.

• The students felt that their freedom of religion was violated.

Why did John & Mary Beth Tinker and Chris Eckhardt wear black armbands?

• To Protest the war in Vietnam.

• They disagreed about taxes.

• To protest the 4th amendment.

• To support WWII veterans.

What was the Supreme Court's response to siding with the students and parents in Tinker v. Des Moines?

• The first amendment is irrelevant to this case.

• Parents and students have a stronger say in decisions than schools.

• Students have unlimited rights in expression.

• Students and teachers don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression.

What was Plessy v. Ferguson?

• The name of the Supreme Court Decision that established racial segregation.

• The name of the Supreme Court decision that outlawed "separate but equal"

• The name of the Supreme Court decision that established freedom of speech in schools.

• The name of the Supreme Court decision that outlawed freedom of speech in schools.

 "Separate but equal" allowed states to

• separate people based on race

• forced equal standards of dog food for all dogs no matter the breed

• keep tax money separate from income tax money

• separate people based on age

Plessy v. Ferguson is considered the beginning of

• The Civil War

• Reconstruction Era

• Jim Crow Era

• Civil Rights Movement

Brown v. Board of Education of 1954 overturned which Supreme Court case of 1896?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Tinker v. Des Moines

________ ________ served as chief attorney of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case.

• Clarence Thomas

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John Marshall Hanlan

This case established the policy of judicial review

• Marbury v. Madison (1803)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

The Court ruled that inappropriate speech in public schools can be regulated and that a student could be disciplined according to the school policy because it was a disruption of the learning environment.

• EEOC v. Abercrombie and Fitch

• Bethel v. Fraser

• Mahanoy v. B.L.

• Plessy v. Ferguson