Mary Beth and John Tinker reacted after being informed about the Supreme Court case success as well as the resulting “Tinker Standard” for student First Amendment rights.

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.