Students who brought the lawsuit. Welcome to the special presentation celebrating the 50th anniversary of a important milestone in u. S. History and for First Amendment rights. We are joining you live from the auditorium of the state Historical Society in iowa and we are in des moines. With us today are more than 200 students from schools across this state, we are joined online by students in classrooms across the country. Say hello everybody. applause in december 1965 mary beth and john tinker along with their friend Chris Eckhart wore black bands to school to protest the war in vietnam they were sent home and suspended from school. The students were told they couldnt return to school until they agreed to end their protest. Through their parents, the Students School sued the School District for violating their right to free expression. Culminated in the Supreme Court decision 15 years ago on february 24th, 1960, nine the court ruled seven to two that students do not shed their Constit
Court nominations. You are watching American History tv on cspan three. My name is naomi and im 11 years old. Me and my friend carter led a walkout earner alum entry school and are on the 14th. Im a sophomore at aubergine aversive three years ago, i stood exactly where yall are today and attended my first march for life. We march for our whole generation. We are the generation. One more cases, cspans special history series. Produced in partnership with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice, made please the court. Good evening, and welcome to cspans landmark cases. Tonights case is tinker versus Des Moines Independent Community School District. In this 1969 case, a court in a seven to two decision ruled that students First Amendment rights to free speech are still protected even when they are at school. For the next 90 minutes, we will learn more about the history of this case
A look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Social Security. Witnesses before a house panel say recipient to rely on the income could be affected by a prolonged economic downturn. The subcommittee on Social Security will come to order. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and audience members, thank you for joining with us today as we bear up under covid19 and addressed technologically to coming together. We will begin with Opening Statements by myself and the Ranking Member. Testimony from our witnesses and the opportunity for each member to ask questions. We will dispense the practice of observing and instead go in order of seniority for questioning, alternating between minority and majority. Member will be responsible from youding and then muting themselves throughout the proceedings. Thank you all for your patience as we navigate this new technology in order to continue serving our country in this time of need. With that i would like to welcome everybody to the ways and m
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Anything else here in keeping the pressure on iran the French Military has admitted that antitank missiles found during a raid in libya belonged to the french army the u. S. Made javelin missiles were recovered from the warlord holy for half time space on the outskirts of tripoli French Military saying the missiles were intended for the self protection of a French Military unit deployed for Counter Terror operations in libya but documents found with the ammunitions suggest they belonged to the u. A. E. When they know these are the u. S. Made weapons and these are the chinese made weapons the contract written on them comes from the United Arab Emirates the last one we have found modern weapons while libya is under embargoed these weapons were imported from certain countries these countries should use them to defend themselves but instead they became involved in the conflict and the libyan bloodbath. Natasha butler has more now from paris. A of p. And voices News Agencies say that they h