In The Tinker V. Des Moines Case, Justice Abe Fortas and Justice Hugo black states there reason why the armbands should or should not be banned from schools. Justice Abe Fortas believes the armbands should not be prohibited. To prove his case, he provides evidence from other cases. “Pugsley V. Sellmeyer, it does not concern aggressive disruptive action or even group demonstrations”. He is saying that wearing the armbands doesn’t harm nor hurt anyone in
Is wearing an armband really interfering with education in a school system? The sources given here answer this question. While attending Des Moines Independent Community school District, a wide set of student wore armbands to school. They got prohibited and sent home until after Christmas break. "How is it possible to get sent home for wearing an armband?", one may ask. In the audio clip interview with law professor Catherine Ross, it is stated that the students were wearing the armbands for a
Tinker v. Des Moines: The Fight for Freedom of Speech in Public Schools "It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." - Justice Abe Fortas, in Tinker v. Des Moines, 1969. The Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District case in 1969 is considered to be a major turning point in the controversy over freedom of speech in public schools. The brewing question before the case was whether
Imagine getting up for school and not having to be afraid that what you are wearing will or will not be abolished due to your school’s dress code. The battle for whether there should be a dress code or not has been going on since the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District case in 1969. “The Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District was a case filed to the supreme court about a school dress code.” Many students showed up to school in 1969 wearing black wristbands
A high school senior once said, "We were made to be different; we were not made to be uniform” (Kizis). In this quote, the opinions of many students about school dress codes is represented in one sentence. School dress codes were created by schools in order to keep students focused on their education instead of things like gang violence, girls, political opinions, etc. Based off of studies conducted by Sam Houston State University, there is no significant impact on learning because of dress codes
For many years the topic of school uniforms have been tossed around over and over with what seems like no clear answer to the question. Are school uniforms necessary? Are student rights being denied? Do uniforms really impact student daily school lives? School uniforms should not be enforced because, they are unnecessary deny the rights of students’ freedom of expression, and have little to no effect on the lives of the students. School uniforms prevent students from participating in gang related