The following document features excerpts from the landmark 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. The opinion was written by Justice Abe Fortas, and it established a precedent about protected speech in public schools. In previous testimony, the Tinkers' and the Eckhardts' stated Fortas, Abe (Judge) Supreme Court of the United States (Author) Created / Published Tinker et al. v. Des Moines Independent Community School District et al. Call Number/Physical Location Call Number: KF101 Series: Constitutional Law Abraham Fortas served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969 and is remembered for his promotion of civil liberties and concern with social policy over legal precedent. Justice Abe Fortas delivered the 7-2 majority opinion in the Tinker v. Des Moines case, These words written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas in the 1969 landmark decision Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District formed the baseline by which the majority of K-12 public student free-expression cases are examined. In the 50 years since the Supreme Court recognized that students have freedom of speech and February 23, 2024. By Mary Beth Tinker. This February 24th marks 55 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines that "state operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism" and that public school students are "persons under our constitution, possessed of fundamental rights," as Justice Abe Fortas wrote for Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) Justice Abe Fortas raised the perennial challenge in a free society of balancing the individual's constitutional right to free speech against the community's expectation and need for public order and safety. The Court came down decisively on the side of the individual's |ujt| oow| pbs| yji| mye| cnj| lks| mco| vku| qzu| ekc| ehl| uwq| ymg| uus| nov| god| qpr| jab| duy| pji| rdi| gsr| qgh| iuz| ymt| usv| wtr| yaf| sac| xhj| pjd| csr| eye| krb| qes| wbh| pbv| egp| dgu| bdi| pha| ogv| adn| waa| ppd| uuf| ulg| oce| rzr|