Tinker v Des Moines Established First Amendment Rights of Students

Tinker v Des Moines Established First Amendment Rights of Students

In Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School Dist., 393 U.S. 503 (1969), the U.S. Supreme Court held that students attending public schools have certain First Amendment rights. According to the Court, “Students don’t shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gates.”