Question

In the case of tinker v. des moines school district, the question raised was, "was the disruption brought about by the symbolic speech of the students enough to allow restriction of their speech?" students were suspended for using fighting words. students at a suburban high school supported the u.s. actions in vietnam. the school district won the final decision.

Answer 1

In the case of Tinker v. Des Moines, the Supreme Court analyzed whether two siblings wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War was disruptive enough to outweigh the student's right to express through the arm-bands their protest of the war.