RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This case advocated free speech in the schools in the form of an anti-war protest
A
Tinker vs. Des Moines
B
Gideon vs. Wainwright
C
Mapp vs. Ohio
D
Morse v. Frederick
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tinker v. Des Moines is a historic Supreme Court ruling from 1969 that cemented students’ rights to free speech in public schools. Mary Beth Tinker was a 13-year-old junior high school student in December 1965 when she and a group of students decided to wear black armbands to school to protest the war in Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-2: -U.S. Reports: Tinker v. Des Moines School Dist., 393 U.S. 503 (1969).

Detailed explanation-3: -Decision: In 1969 the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision in favor of the students. The high court agreed that students’ free rights should be protected and said, “Students don’t shed their constitutional rights at the school house gates."

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