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Students’ Rights

Landmark Cases Involving Students’ Rights:

A classroom of black and white students with their heads bowed in prayer.

Engel v. Vitale

School-Sponsored Prayer is Unconstitutional
A newspaper from Saint Louis on August 21, 1983. The headline reads "suit over Hazelwood school paper censorship."

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

Schools Can Limit the Free Speech Rights of Students
A photo of two students walking down a school hallway together.

New Jersey v. T.L.O.

School Searches Do Not Violate the Fourth Amendment
Two Des Moines students holding armbands that symbolized their protest against the Vietnam war. The armbands are black with a white peace sign in the center.

Tinker v. Des Moines

Students Have Free Speech Rights in Public Schools
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