Tinker+v.+DeMoines+Chart

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 * Action |||| Is the action a form of constitutionally protected "symbolic speech"? || Rationale ||
 * ^  || YES || NO ||^   ||
 * In order to protest against a former employer, an individual marches outside the business by herself with a picket sign. State law says picketing is illegal. The individual is arrested and fined $100.
 * An individual burns a draft card to express opposition to the war. Federal law says that burning draft cards is a crime.
 * A young man walking through a public park wears a jacket that says "F--- the draft. Stop the War." The individual is convicted for violating a law that forbids "maliciously and willfully disturb[ing] the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or person [by] offensive conduct." The individual is arrested and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
 * An organization applies for a permit to hold a demonstration on the National Mall. Members plan to erect "tent cities" in order to demonstrate the plight of the homeless. The permit was denied on the grounds that camping is forbidden on the Mall.
 * New Hampshire's state motto, "Live Free or Die" appears on license plates. An individual covers "or die" on the grounds that it goes against his religious and political beliefs. He is convicted for violating a state law, fined, and sentenced to jail time.
 * An individual burns an American flag in order to protest federal government policy. State law says it is a crime to destroy the flag. The individual is convicted, sentenced to one year in prison, and fined $2,000.
 * 1) Are there any general standards that seem to apply to symbolic speech?
 * 1) Based on what you have learned about symbolic speech, how do you think the Court will rule in //Tinker// v. //Des Moines//?