this is tha main argument in the Tinker v. Des MOines Independent Community School District case. There are two sides to the argument, those who beleive that the chidlren have every constitutional right and should be allowed to wear their armbands in silent protest, and those who believe that despite the constitution, the children were given too much poewer by overuling their authorities and should remove the armbands in order to decrease the amount of disctractions during class. Freedom of
In 1968 Supreme Court made it to where students can show symbolic speech. However why would they have to do that? In 1968 there was a debate of whether or not black armbands that symbolized the soldiers in Vietnam who died, or it was for distraction. Among the people who described the entire thing there was Catherine Ross, Justice Hugo Black, and Cheif Justic Abe Fortas. There are those who believe that such symbols like armbands should be prohibited. They believe that symbolic things may show
public schools throughout history. Now they concern spaghetti straps and leggings, while in the 1940’s women were sent home for simply wearing pants. Dress codes have certainly become more lenient, but the question isn’t if they should be more restricted, but it’s whether the concept of a dress code in public schools violates student’s First Amendment rights to free speech. The answer to this highly debated question is yes, they most certainly do. As United States citizens, students should have the
In the Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier court case, the school's principal eliminated a few of the pages in the school newspaper. The students writing the newspaper argued that he was taking away their freedom of speech. The principal stated that the topics were inappropriate and should not be put in the newspaper. Censorship takes away the freedom of knowledge and understanding of what goes on in other parts of the world. If the newspaper skews a
controversial in 1969, when three students wore black armbands to school in order to protest the Vietnam War. These students, John(15), Mary Beth Tinker(13), and Chris Eckhardt(16), all got punished for expressing themselves by wearing these armbands. They went to the courts and said that their First Amendment rights were blatantly violated. The case was called the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District case. The Supreme Court came to the conclusion that students do not just shed their First
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
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