Supreme Court Case Update

I found out that before the students went to school with their armbands, the school had created a rule that prohibited the use of the black armbands and anyone caught with them would be suspended if they refused to remove them. The Tinkers were aware of this and were also part of a group which protested the Vietnam War [http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/tinker.html]. This group created the idea of wearing the armbands and fasting on 2 days around Christmas and New Years. Also one of the judges, Justice Hugo Black who voted against the kids, said that by allowing the kids to wear the armbands they might be encouraging other kids to break school rules [http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar39.html]
Since I will not be here next week I will not prepare anything for the class. But I will update my blog.