A series of federal and district court cases, decisions and appeals led to the Supreme Court ruling for student First Amendment rights. John Tinker presents his perspective on the Supreme Court majority opinion in the case.

Additional resources, including the an audio recording of the U.S. Supreme Court opening arguments for the Tinker Case and the text of the Court’s case decision, are available on the Iowa PBS 50th Anniversary of the Tinker v. Des Moines Schools Decision and Students’ Right to Freedom of Speech: The Tinker Case websites.