Tinker v. Des Moines- The Path to the Supreme Court
In discussing the 1969 landmark Supreme Court Case Tinker v. Des Moines, Erik Jaffe, Free Speech and Election Law Practice Group Chair at the Federalist Society, and Mary Beth Tinker, a petitioner in the case, spoke about the path that the Tinker case took to get to the Supreme Court. The case started with a school board meeting and went through the appellate process.
Description
In discussing the 1969 landmark Supreme Court Case Tinker v. Des Moines, Erik Jaffe, Free Speech and Election Law Practice Group Chair at the Federalist Society, and Mary Beth Tinker, a petitioner in the case, spoke about the path that the Tinker case took to get to the Supreme Court. The case started with a school board meeting and went through the appellate process.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How did the American Civil Liberties Union help the Tinkers in this case?
- Why was this a federal case?
- Explain how the case got from the School Board to the Supreme Court.
Participants
Mary Beth TinkerPetitioner, 5 Videos
Susan SwainHost, C-SPAN5291 Videos
Erik S. JaffeAttorney, 8 Videos
Vocabulary
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Appeal
- Circuit Court
- District Court
- Petition
- School Board
- Supreme Court