Tinker v Des Moines

Students don't shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech at the "schoolhouse gate."

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• D.C. v. Heller

• U.S. v. Nixon

Ruled schools have the right to control activities they sponsor (pay for) for educational purposes. Qualified the Tinker ruling by allowing censorship under these circumstances.

• In Re Gault 

• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Gideon v. Wainwright 

established students have 1st amendment rights guaranteed to them in school.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Gideon v. Wainwright

What was the main issue at the heart of the Tinker v. Des Moines case?

• Freedom of speech in schools

• Search and seizure in schools

• Right to privacy in schools

• Equal funding for schools

In what year was the Tinker v. Des Moines case decided?

• 1965

• 1969

• 1973

• 1977

Which amendment was central to the Tinker v. Des Moines case?

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Fourth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

What symbolic act did the students in Tinker v. Des Moines perform to protest the Vietnam War?

• Burning draft cards

• Wearing black armbands

• Holding a sit-in

• Distributing flyers

What was the Supreme Court's decision in Tinker v. Des Moines?

• Schools can ban all forms of protest

• Students have free speech rights at school

• Schools can censor student newspapers

• Students cannot protest during school hours

Who were the main plaintiffs in the Tinker v. Des Moines case?

• Mary Beth and John Tinker

• Linda Brown and Oliver Brown

• James Ingraham and Roosevelt Ingraham

• Diana v. State Board of Education

What was the vote count in the Supreme Court's decision for Tinker v. Des Moines?

• 5-4

• 6-3

• 7-2

• 8-1