Essay Archive - Tinker vs. Des Moines
Tinker vs. Des Moines
My representation is the defense of Des Moines, Iowa.
1. On a cold, brisk December morning in 1965 five students, and their
parents of Des Moines high school made an extremely poor decision by
wearing dark, filthy black, inappropriate material representing non-
existent peace in a thriving nation. Earlier that week the principal of the
high school warned the students and the parents that the armbands would
create a nuisance and disrupt the learning environment making the
educational atmosphere discontent. They wore the armbands anyway....
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