Student Rights Timeline by IRIS MIKELL

Bill of Rights- 1789

mikel03577 — 2025-01-30 18:03:00 UTC

The Bill of Rights states all the people's rights in America, including Freedom of Speech and Religion.

Preamble-1787

mikel03577 — 2025-01-30 18:06:38 UTC

The Preamble introduces the Constitution and the rights of the people as a collective. These rights aren't just for adults, they're also for students. They include inalienable rights, or the right to do what makes you happy.

TLO Case -1980

mikel03577 — 2025-01-30 19:47:07 UTC

TLO was a high school freshman allegedly caught smoking in the school bathrooms with a friend. She said that she was not smoking, that only her friend was, but the school still searched her bag and found illegal drugs. The school said that they had a plausible cause to search her bag, but TLO said that it was a violation of her 4th Amendment rights. The Supreme Court sided with the school district, saying their search was not a violation and they did have a plausible cause to search her bag.

Tinker vs Des Moines-1969

mikel03577 — 2025-01-31 04:48:24 UTC

In a school in the Des Moines school district during the time of the Vietnam war, students decided to wear arm bands showing their support in peace for Vietnam. The school did not like this and banned the armbands, but was very selective. They did not ban anything else stating a religion or opinion, just the Vietnam armbands. The school felt "it disrupted the peace within the school", and the students said it was a violation of their 1st Amendment rights. They took their case to the Supreme Court, and the court sided with the students in a 7-2 vote. They said, "Students don't shed their constitutional rights at the school house gates." They agreed that the students free rights should be protected.

Engel v Vitale- 1962

mikel03577 — 2025-01-31 05:29:42 UTC

The school district in NYC started facilitating a small prayer over the intercom at the beginning of the school day. A group of people soon took notice, and an organization was born. They decided that it was a violation of the student's 1st Amendment rights, and protested against it. The school was supporting a religion, and that is unconstitutional. They took this case to the Supreme Court, and in a 6-1 decision, they sided in support of the organization, saying how "the policy breached the constitutional wall of separation between church and state." It was the landmark that struck down public prayers in schools to this day.