Legality

The basis of the legal rights of our organization's actions comes from the case "Tinker V Des Moines," a case in which students wore armbands to school to show activism against the Vietnam War. where the legal ruling was, "The Supreme Court held that the armbands represented pure speech that is entirely separate from the actions or conduct of those participating in it. The Court also held that the students did not lose their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech when they stepped onto school property. In order to justify the suppression of speech, the school officials must be able to prove that the conduct in question would "materially and substantially interfere" with the operation of the school. In this case, the school district's actions evidently stemmed from a fear of possible disruption rather than any actual interference. " [ source ]

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Essentially, this case protects all students who wear armbands on school grounds, provided they do not disrupt the school's learning environment.