The case was a lawsuit against a school for punishing several students for wearing black armbands to school to protest the [[Vietnam War]]. ''Id.'' at 504. Determining that the punishment infringed the students' [[First Amendment]] rights, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] established new protection for [[free speech]] by [[public school]] students:<ref>''Id.'' at 509 (internal quotation marks omitted).</ref> | The case was a lawsuit against a school for punishing several students for wearing black armbands to school to protest the [[Vietnam War]]. ''Id.'' at 504. Determining that the punishment infringed the students' [[First Amendment]] rights, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] established new protection for [[free speech]] by [[public school]] students:<ref>''Id.'' at 509 (internal quotation marks omitted).</ref> |