This is a great expository peice. I had never known about a ruling that dealt with students' rights and for that matter, made it up to the Supreme Court. Very good breakdown of this 1969 Supreme Court case. But I think the main difference here between the '69 case and '03 incident you compare are the time, place, and manner restrictions that come into play. Wearing a black arm band is a bit different than wearing a shirt of President Bush that says, "International Terrorist." The only thing I was left confused about was if schools make their own policy on what is disruptive to the normal flow of school, or if they follow the precedent set out in the 69' case dealing with the armbands. Despite the lack of clarity on that issue, this was a good analysis of students' rights in the past and present.