In class for the past couple of days we have been discussing the speech rights that students have when they are in school. We have gone over a few different cases with the outcome being different. In Tinker vs. Des Moines, two children decided to wear black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War. The school suspended them and they decided to take it to court. In the end, the court ruled that the school's decision to suspend the children was unconstitutional and in violation of the First Amendment. I agree with the courts decision in this case. The kids were having a protest that didn't disrupt anyone so why wouldn't they be allowed to wear the armbands. As for the second case we talked about, well that had a little different circumstances.
In the case Morse vs. Frederick, Frederick and a few friends decided to put up a 14 foot banner that said "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" on national television. This is also a matter of freedom of speech, but in this case they were disruptive. Because one of the school's jobs is to inform us of the DANGERS of illegal drugs, it probably wouldn't be a good idea for them to let these kids hold up a huge banner that promotes and encourages the use of drugs. So as for the second case we looked at, I agree that although the students have their freedom of speech, there are certain restrictions when they are at school.
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