While yes, children should not wear shirts hailing Hitler or using the N-word, there are less offensive apparel that many kids today tend to wear; whether it relates to a television show, a video game, or a band. Music, too, can be very provocative and aggressive; the pledge would require students not to listen to certain songs and bands on their personal phones as it could be deemed belligerent. The first amendment is then put into place. The First Amendment allows students to speak their minds as long as it is not disrupting the peace of the school. In one of the most controversial cases, the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines case involved students wearing black armbands that protested the Vietnam War; the school tried suspending them, but the court ruled that the speech in question must “‘materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school’” (Clarence Thomas is Right). If the students a Des Moines were rioting and were attacking other students, then they would not have stood a chance in court as they were demonstrating disruptive behavior; but they were peaceful and, although had a minority opinion, still had their rights
While yes, children should not wear shirts hailing Hitler or using the N-word, there are less offensive apparel that many kids today tend to wear; whether it relates to a television show, a video game, or a band. Music, too, can be very provocative and aggressive; the pledge would require students not to listen to certain songs and bands on their personal phones as it could be deemed belligerent. The first amendment is then put into place. The First Amendment allows students to speak their minds as long as it is not disrupting the peace of the school. In one of the most controversial cases, the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines case involved students wearing black armbands that protested the Vietnam War; the school tried suspending them, but the court ruled that the speech in question must “‘materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school’” (Clarence Thomas is Right). If the students a Des Moines were rioting and were attacking other students, then they would not have stood a chance in court as they were demonstrating disruptive behavior; but they were peaceful and, although had a minority opinion, still had their rights