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SCOTUS Comparison: Comparing Free Speech Cases: Tinker v. Des Moines

These questions require you to compare a Supreme Court case you studied in class with one you have not studied in class. A summary of the Supreme Court case you did not study in class is presented below and provides all of the information you need to know about this case to answer the prompt. 
In January 2002, Alaska high school student Joseph Frederick unveiled a banner reading “BONG HiTS 4 Jesus” at a school-sponsored event. School principal Deborah Morse confiscated the banner and suspended Frederick for five days, citing the school’s anti-drug policy. Frederick’s appeal to the school superintendent was unsuccessful.

Frederick filed a civil rights lawsuit that April. U.S. District Court ruled against Frederick, citing that he knew the banner would go against stated school regulations concerning the promotion of drug use. However, the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Frederick, causing the school board to appeal to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court took up the case as Morse v. Frederick (2007).

The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that educators could suppress students’ speech if said speech promoted illegal activity.
Morse v. Frederick (2007)

Question 1

Short answer
Identify the civil liberty that is common to both Morse v. Frederick (2007) and Tinker v. Des Moines (1969).

Question 2

Short answer
Explain how the reasoning in Morse v. Frederick and Tinker v. Des Moines led to different holdings in both cases.

Question 3

Short answer
Explain how the decision in Tinker v. Des Moines was an example of incorporation.

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