What color were the school uniforms at the high school represented in Tinker v. Des Moines
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The Des Moines Independent School District didn't require students to wear uniforms at that time (if they ever did). The issue had nothing to do with clothing, but with the fact that several students chose to wear black armbands to symbolize their protest of the Vietnam War.
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Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
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What was the result of Reagan's and Bush's appointment to the supreme court
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to make the supreme court more conservative
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Did the Supreme Court declare common law invalid
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No, not in the United States. Supreme Court decisions create common law.
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What does it mean for a Supreme Court decision to serve as a precedent
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other courts use the decision as a guideline when they rule on
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What did the Supreme Court establish with its ruling that public schools in Washington D.C. could not be segregated
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the idea that the equal protection clause applied to the federal
government as well as to the states
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In Katz v. US the Supreme Court ruled that tapping a public phone without a warrant violated the
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implied right to privacy. APEX
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What do these headlines say about how the Supreme Court has addressed the principle of equality on which the US was founded
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They show that the court has enforced equal rights for a variety of groups that have been discriminated agains.
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What do the events in this timeline suggest about how the Supreme Court has interpreted equal protection
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The Court has moved in the direction of fewer limitations on free speech.- Apex
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What was Dollree Mapp charged with in the Supreme Court case Mapp Ohio
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having obscene books
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What color were the school uniforms at the high school represented in Tinker v. Des Moines
The Des Moines Independent School District didn't require students to wear uniforms at that time (if they ever did). The issue had nothing to do with clothing, but with the fact that several students chose to wear black armbands to symbolize their protest of the Vietnam War.
Case Citation:
Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
What was the result of Reagan's and Bush's appointment to the supreme court
to make the supreme court more conservative
Did the Supreme Court declare common law invalid
No, not in the United States. Supreme Court decisions create common law.
What does it mean for a Supreme Court decision to serve as a precedent
other courts use the decision as a guideline when they rule on
similar cases
What did the Supreme Court establish with its ruling that public schools in Washington D.C. could not be segregated
the idea that the equal protection clause applied to the federal
government as well as to the states
In Katz v. US the Supreme Court ruled that tapping a public phone without a warrant violated the
implied right to privacy. APEX
What do these headlines say about how the Supreme Court has addressed the principle of equality on which the US was founded
They show that the court has enforced equal rights for a variety of groups that have been discriminated agains.
What do the events in this timeline suggest about how the Supreme Court has interpreted equal protection
The Court has moved in the direction of fewer limitations on free speech.- Apex
What was Dollree Mapp charged with in the Supreme Court case Mapp Ohio