The First Amendment Rocks!

1. Situation:             In December of 1965, 16 year old John F. Tinker, 13 year old Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt met inside of the Eckhardt home with their parents and other petitioners who were upset with the excessive violence happening in the Vietnam War.  In protest, everyone inside the home that night decided […]

Simone Swanson, communication major at Bowling Green State University from Cleveland, Oh has committed and dedicated herself to giving back to her community in a number of ways. While serving on the executive board for Precious Stones, she and her group brought the first ever plus size fashion show to Bowling Green State University. The […]

1. Facts of Case In the case Hosty vs Carter (2005), http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1316383.html, the administration at Governors State University in Illinois shut down Innovator, a college student run newspaper, after the students refused to let administration approve publications before they were published. Three students then sued the University because their First Amendment rights were being violated. […]

1. THE FACTS In May 1983, Cathy Kuhlmeier and two other student journalists at Hazelwood East High School filed suit against the Hazelwood school District. Kuhlmeier and the two other staff members did this after the principal, Robert Reynolds, required the deletion of two pages from the school paper on May 13, 1983. The articles […]

Facts: As we finish discussing the first amendment and begin analyzing student speech, it seems fitting to look at a case that combines both: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist. 393 u.s. 503 (1969).  John F. Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt went to high school in Des Moines, Iowa.  Mary Beth Tinker attended middle school.  […]