How did the Supreme Court's New Jersey v. T.L.O. decision affect civil liberties for U.S. citizens?A.It expanded public schools' ability to search students without obtaining a warrant.B.It stripped students of Fifth Amendment protections if they were arrested on school property.C.It established that students have a right to freedom of speech in public schools.D.It restricted teacher-led prayer and general religious expression in public schools.

Which statement accurately summarizes how Americans' civil liberties changed as a result of 20th-century Supreme Court rulings?A.Students accused of crimes on school property gained substantial privacy rights.B.Many new restrictions were put in place to protect the civil rights of the accused.C.Publications spreading political dissent increasingly lost free press protections.D.Free speech rights were strictly limited for those accused of advocating criminal activity.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

How did the history of education and the Fourteenth Amendment influence the decision of the court?

Read the following summary of the Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines:Two students wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War. The school district suspended the students. Their families sued the school district for violating their right to free speech, but lower courts upheld the school district's right to suspend the students.Which issue is most important in determining constitutionality in this case?A.Whether the district had grounds to fear a disruptionB.Whether other students were bothered by the armbandsC.Whether the students were adults or minorsD.Whether schools have the right to limit freedomsSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 5 of 15Which statement from the dissenting opinion of Tinker v. Des Moines court decision best supports the reasoning that the conduct of the student protesters was not within the protection of the free speech clause of the First Amendment?A.This case, therefore, wholly without constitutional reasons, in my judgment, subjects all the public schools in the country to the whims and caprices of their loudest-mouthed, but maybe not their brightest, students.B.In Cox v. Louisiana, the Court clearly stated that the rights of free speech and assembly "do not mean that everyone with opinions or beliefs to express may address a group at any public place and at any time."C.Even a casual reading of the record shows that this armband did divert students' minds from their regular lessons, and that talk, comments, etc., made John Tinker "self-conscious" in attending school with his armband.D.There is also evidence that a teacher of mathematics had his lesson period practically "wrecked," chiefly by disputes with Mary Beth Tinker, who wore her armband for her "demonstration."SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from the Supreme Court's Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier majority opinion:We hold that educators do not offend the First Amendment by exercising editorial control over the style and content of student speech in school-sponsored expressive activities so long as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate [educational] concerns.4The reasoning in this opinion is most similar to the reasoning in which other Supreme Court ruling?A.Tinker v. Des MoinesB.Miranda v. ArizonaC.Gideon v. WainwrightD.New Jersey v. T.L.O.