Bergman Memorial Lecture: Freedom of Speech in Schools-Tinker v Des Moines
Date and Time
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
This event occurred in the past
- Wednesday, February 20, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, Theatre & Rotunda
5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110Cost
free
Details
USD School of Law is holding a reception and panel discussion in honor of Tinker v Des Moines - a 1969 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established students’ First Amendment free-speech rights in public schools.
The case began in 1965, when some Iowa public school students wore black armbands to school in silent protest against the Vietnam War. After being suspended by their principal, the students sued. When their case reached the Supreme Court four years later, the justices decided by a 7-2 majority that the First Amendment did apply to public school students. "It can hardly be argued," Justice Abe Fortas wrote in the majority opinion, "that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate."
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USD School of Law's Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI) is California’s premiere academic, research, and advocacy organization seeking to improve the lives of children and youth, with special emphasis on improving the child protection and foster care systems and enhancing resources that are available to youth aging out of foster care. CAI seeks to leverage change for children and youth through impact litigation, regulatory and legislative advocacy, and public education.
This event is open to the public
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