Tinker
Case Creates �Balancing� Test for Determining First Amendment Protection
�Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) � Provides
the framework for evaluating
student speech claims.
Wearing black armbands in
class to protest the Viet Nam war
allowed under the First
Amendment.
�Effort to harmonize First Amendment rights with special characteristics of school environment.
��Material
Disruption� of school order or �invasion of the rights of others� are key factors.
