Transcript 10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know

Supreme Court Cases Every
Teen Should Know
Summary
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District
Year: 1969
Issue: Freedom of Speech at School
Bottom Line:You Have the Right To
Express Yourself—Up to a Point
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
Year: 1985
Issue:Privacy Rights at School
Bottom Line: Your Belongings
Can Be Searched,
But Not Arbitrarily
Ingraham v. Wright
Year: 1977
Issue:School Discipline
Bottom Line: Teachers Can Use Corporal
Punishment, If Your locality Allows It
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States that Allow Corporal
Punishment in Schools
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Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe
Year: 2000
Issue: School Prayer
Bottom Line: Public schools Cannot Sponsor
Religious Activity
Kent v. United States
Year: 1966
Issue: Juveniles and Serious Crime
Bottom Line: Teens Can Be Tried as Adults
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir
Year: 1988
Issue: Student Journalism and the First
Amendment
Bottom Line: Schools Can Censor Student
Newspapers
Vernonia School District v. Acton
Year: 1995
Issue: Student Athletes and Drug Testing
Bottom Line: Schools Can Require It
West Side Community Schools v. Mergens
Year: 1990
Issue: Student clubs
Bottom Line:Public Schools That Allow Student-interest Clubs
Cannot Exclude Religious or political ones
Grutter v. Bollinger
Year: 2003
Issue: Affirmative Action in College
Bottom Line: Colleges Can Use Race as a
Factor in Admissions
Deshaney v. Winnebago County School Services
Year: 1989
Issue: Constitutional Rights at Home
Bottom Line: The Constitution Doesn't Protect Kids from Their
Parents
United States v. Virginia
Year: 1996
Issue: Gender Equality in College
Bottom Line: Single-sex public colleges are
almost always unconstitutional.
Safford Unified School District v.
April Redding
Year: 2009
Issue: Privacy Rights At School
Bottom Line: The Court made it harder for schools
to conduct strip searches.
Board of Education v. Earls
Year: 2002
Issue: Drug testing for extracurricular activities.
Bottom Line: Schools can require it.
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants
Association
Year: 2011
Issue: Video Games and Minors
Bottom Line: Violent video games are protected
speech.