1. Landmark supreme Court Cases
Graphic Organizer

2. Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

3. What Happened?
Students were suspended for wearing black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War.

4. Do students have the right to free speech at school?
The Issue
Do students have the right to free speech at school?
Is wearing an armband free speech?

5. The school had violated the students’ First Amen. rights.
The Decision
The school had violated the students’ First Amen. rights.

6. Students are citizens and are entitled to freedom of speech.
So what?
Students are citizens and are entitled to freedom of speech.

7. Hazelwood v kuhlmeier (1988)

8. What happened?
The principal pulled two stories from the school newspaper. The students claimed their right to free speech (press) had been violated.

9. Issue
Does the 1st Amen. protect schools sponsored publications from censorship by school authorities?

10. The decsision
School-sponsored student publications are NOT protected by the 1st Amendment.

11. So what?
School officials are free to censor student publications as long as those restrictions serve a valid educational purpose.

12. Desegregation of Schools
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

13. Juvenile rights
In re Gault (1967)

14. Right to a lawyer
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

15. Established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison (1803)

16. Police must read rihts
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

17. Separate but equal is ok
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

18. Complete the chart
Use pages in your textbook to complete the next 6 cases (try to get at least 3 done this class)
DO NOT DO BUSH V. GORE (we will do it together next class

19. Equal protection clause
Bush v. Gore (2000)

20. What happened?
Florida’s votes were delayed because of problems with voting and counting the votes. The Florida Supreme Court ordered a hand recount.

21. The issue
Did the lack of standards for manual recount of votes violate the “Equal Protection Clause” and due process rights in the 14th Amendment?

22. The decision
The Supreme Court stopped the recount because there were no uniform standards.

23. So what?
George W. Bush became President even though Al Gore having more popular votes.