Tinker v. Des Moines didn't really strengthen any amendments. The case involved an application of the First Amendment protection of free speech. It strengthened individual rights.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
Tinker v. Des Moines, (1969) stemmed from three students' protest of the Vietnam War.
Tinker Vs. Des Moines
The people who won the Tinker v. Des Moines, (1969) case were the students (Tinker) whose First Amendment right freedom of speech was upheld by the Supreme Court.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
The Tinker, or Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, was a Supreme Court decision. Justice Abe Fortas wrote the majority opinion.
There were no subsequent appeals of Tinker v. Des Moines,(1969). Once the US Supreme Court has rendered its opinion, the case becomes res judicata, or legally concluded, and no further action can be taken.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)To read more about Tinker v. Des Moines and similar cases, see Related Questions, below.
Tinker v. Des Moines
The petitioners (like plaintiffs) were John F. Tinker, Christopher Eckhardt, and Mary Beth Tinker, the students who protested by wearing black armbands to school.The respondent (like a defendant) was the Des Moines Independent Community School District.Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)
Check out the John Peter Zenger case instead because Tinker v Des Moines 1969 has to do with freedom of speech in school, not freedom of press.
They both were involved in a Supreme Court
The Vietnam War
The significance is that the US Supreme Court's decision emphasized the right of all students their to symbolic speech as long as it does not disrupt the learning process. (I say emphasized because the government doesn't give us our rights, We the People were born with them. They're natural.)Case Citation:Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 US 503 (1969)