Tinker v. Des Moines- Impact on Student Rights
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 Tinker case's impact on other court cases like Bethel v. Fraser, Guiles v. Marineau, Morese v. Frederick and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier.
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 Tinker case's impact on other court cases like Bethel v. Fraser, Guiles v. Marineau, Morse v. Frederick and Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What specific student actions did the Bethel case deal with?
- What specific student actions did Guiles v. Marineau deal with?
- In Morse v. Frederick, what actions did the student take?
- What are the two exceptions to the Tinker standard?
- What actions did the Hazelwood case limit?
- What have subsequent court cases done to student First Amendment rights?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Bethel V. Fraser
- Bong Hits 4 Jesus
- First Amendment
- Guiles V. Marineau
- Hazelwood V. Kuhlmeier
- Morse V. Frederick
- Obscenity
- Vulgarity