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
Hello, good neighbors. It is great to be back here at the wing ding. Last time i had 20 minutes and this time, i have 20 candidates. I get to go first. Remind me, my first time i was ever in the white house, bill clinton was president and i was a young prosecutor. I had done a lot of work on hate crimes and he invited me to introducedim when he that important bill. As i stood outside, i had never been in there before. I have the president on one side outside the east room. I have janet reno on the other. Bandtary bland starts playing hail to the chief. I start walking in and i feel this hand on my shoulder and it says i know youre going to do great out there. When they play that song, i usually go first. That was my first time in the white house. It wont be my last. Few daysent the last on a 20 county tour. After the tragedies of this weekend, it reinvigorated me. It reinvigorated me as i stood with the flag and i thought to myself, you know what . This flag is flying over el paso toda
And that is the american spirit i met so many islands approached me about gun safety and doing something about background checks and assault weapons ban and magazines. It has been unbelievable. And i told them all the story of when i sat across him the president after parkland, advocated for gun safety. Nine times he said he wanted universal background text. The next day he goes and meets with the nra, and he folds. As your president i will not fold. [cheering] an economic agenda for this company should unite rural and urban. That is why i have been out there talking about yes, the farm bill. Also childcare. We know the issues. Also housing and education. And hospitals and making sure that we have enough mental only 64eds when theyre in the state of bio. That is not acceptable. And i will end this practice of privatizing medicaid. This is wrong in the state of bio. State of iowa. It all starts here with this change. Because you iowa gave us the granger movements that took on those big
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From minnesota where we can say we can see i will from our porch. There are some comparisons made between better. But i am very much looking forward to your letter cal. Iowa. We will see how it compares to our princess of the milky way. And the revolving refrigerator of the 12 butter of the princesses. I once asked one of the dairy princesses what she does with her butter carving after the fair. She says that she brings it home and they use it in the corn fast, ok . That is an image. I have been all around iowa the last few days on a 20 county to her. Lets say it is a little warmer and when i announced my candidacy in the middle of that blizzard. [applause] but i should that would be good to show that i have grit, but ended up with four inches of snow on my head. And the hairdresser became an icon. I announce my candidacy there because i wanted to make the point on the Mississippi River that it is time to cross the river of our divides and get to a higher plane. Stood outside of ankeny