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Quotation from Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District by Supreme Court of the United States
“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, Opinion of the Court (Fortas, J.), Part I (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Fortas states the principle for which the case is best known.
Citation: "It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." — Supreme Court of the United States, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, Opinion of the Court (Fortas, J.), Part I (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id tinker-v-des-moines-q1)
Portrait: SCOTUS Justice Abe Fortas, Supreme Court of the United States, Public domain.
