THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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Wisconsin v. Yoder
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Hernandez v. Texas
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Tinker v. Des Moines
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Brown v. Board of Education
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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: -In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), the Supreme Court ruled that public school officials cannot censor student expression unless they can reasonably forecast that the speech will substantially disrupt school activities or invade the rights of others.
Detailed explanation-3: -“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” These words written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas in the 1969 landmark decision Tinker v.
Detailed explanation-4: -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."