That freedom stems from the ruling in a 1969 case in which a group of students wore black armbands to school in order to protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Their Des Moines high school ...

The Alexandria, Virginia school board says it wants to “help students grow as journalists." Theogony's student journalists ...

Student journalists at Alexandria City High School want the school system to change a policy allowing their principal to review stories before publication.

whether off-campus student speech not directed at the school satisfies the "material and substantial disruption" test articulated in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District merely ...

This matters because, in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights ... mentioned the Court’s decision in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), a free speech ...

It is closely akin to what the Supreme Court ruled was protected, even for schoolchildren, in its ruling in Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969). In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that ...

Crews wrote that Rodriguez's claims of a First Amendment violation were viable under the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District.

Settling demonstrates cynicism not only about a firm’s clients, but also about the justice system. Three law firms have sued, and all have quickly obtained temporary restraining orders. Yet other law ...

In fifth grade, I had the privilege of meeting Mary Beth Tinker, of Tinker v. Des Moines fame ... Our entire middle school wrote letters to Washington. The impact of NHD doesn’t stop at my ...

Property tax reform can wait. The Montana Legislature has far more pressing matters at hand — like flag displays.

Professor Adam Benforado discusses Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) — a high-water mark for student speech — and how student speech rights have been eroded since the decision.