I have been walking around telling everyone I see that Mary Beth Tinker is in town. You know, the black armband, Vietnam war protest case.
The "Students don't shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gates" case.
The SEMINAL student free speech case...
Yes, that Mary Beth Tinker.
And, I must say, she has done nothing but lived up to the giddy expectations of some of the staff in our office.
Decades after the landmark Supreme Court case, Tinker v. Des Moines, in which she was represented by ACLU attorneys, Ms. Tinker is still speaking out to protect students’ free speech rights.
She often goes directly into schools, telling her story, and encouraging young people both to know their rights, and stand up for them. She finds, as we do when we go into schools, students are very interested in their constitutional rights.
Last night, at the ACLU of MAINE Annual Justice Louis Scolnik Award Dinner, she spoke with me last night about how engaged the students were at Deering High School and King Middle School, both in Portland. And Ms. Tinker lit up when she was around the groups of students from Cape Elizabeth, Mt. Abram and Freeport High.
And my colleague, Claire reports that when she asked her last night if she was getting exhausted from all of these speeches, she said “I'm just getting started!”
It's been so inspiring to have someone who truly lives their ideals, who embodies fully the symbol they stand for. I look forward to hearing more from her in less than an hour when she speaks, free and open to the public, at the University of Maine School of Law.
For those in the Portland area, there is still time! Go see Mary Beth Tinker at 12:15 at the University of Maine School of Law.
The "Students don't shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gates" case.
The SEMINAL student free speech case...
Yes, that Mary Beth Tinker.
And, I must say, she has done nothing but lived up to the giddy expectations of some of the staff in our office.
Decades after the landmark Supreme Court case, Tinker v. Des Moines, in which she was represented by ACLU attorneys, Ms. Tinker is still speaking out to protect students’ free speech rights.
She often goes directly into schools, telling her story, and encouraging young people both to know their rights, and stand up for them. She finds, as we do when we go into schools, students are very interested in their constitutional rights.
Last night, at the ACLU of MAINE Annual Justice Louis Scolnik Award Dinner, she spoke with me last night about how engaged the students were at Deering High School and King Middle School, both in Portland. And Ms. Tinker lit up when she was around the groups of students from Cape Elizabeth, Mt. Abram and Freeport High.
And my colleague, Claire reports that when she asked her last night if she was getting exhausted from all of these speeches, she said “I'm just getting started!”
It's been so inspiring to have someone who truly lives their ideals, who embodies fully the symbol they stand for. I look forward to hearing more from her in less than an hour when she speaks, free and open to the public, at the University of Maine School of Law.
For those in the Portland area, there is still time! Go see Mary Beth Tinker at 12:15 at the University of Maine School of Law.
