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To: newgeezer
They can wear the shirts (just not on school grounds). Their constitutional right to free speech was not violated.

The US Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503, 89 S.Ct. 733, 21 L.Ed.2d. 731 (1969), that students "do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate" and that the First Amendment protects public school students' rights to express political and social views.

44 posted on 04/18/2005 11:13:01 AM PDT by BlackRazor
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To: BlackRazor
The US Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503, 89 S.Ct. 733, 21 L.Ed.2d. 731 (1969), that students "do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate" and that the First Amendment protects public school students' rights to express political and social views.

True. But that case is different. There was no disruption. The Court was plain in its ruling that the public schools are an appropriate place to exercise "symbolic speech" as long as normal school functions are not "unreasonably" disrupted.

51 posted on 04/18/2005 11:36:51 AM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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