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Recent Articles

The Civil Rights Roots of {{Tinker}}’s Disruption Tests

By Kristi L. Bowman

By Kristi L. Bowman
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Oiling the Schoolhouse Gate: After Forty Years of Tinkering With Teachers’ First Amendment Rights, Time for a New Beginning

By Alexander Wohl

By Alexander Wohl
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{{Tinker}} at Forty: Defending the Right of High School Students to Wear “Controversial” Religious and Pro-Life Clothing

By Jay Alan Sekulow & Erik M. Zimmerman

By Jay Alan Sekulow & Erik M. Zimmerman
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No Enclaves of Totalitarianism: The Triumph and Unrealized Promise of the {{Tinker}} Decision

By Jamin B. Raskin

By Jamin B. Raskin
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A Foot in the Door? The Unwitting Move Towards a “New” Student Welfare Standard in Student Speech after {{Morse v. Frederick}}

By Francisco M. Negrón, Jr.

By Francisco M. Negrón, Jr.
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Shrinking {{Tinker}}: Students Are “Persons” Under Our Constitution—Except When They Aren’t

By Frank D. LoMonte

By Frank D. LoMonte
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{{Tinker}}’s Midlife Crisis: Tattered and Transgressed but Still Standing

By Clay Calvert

By Clay Calvert
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FOREWORD: Reflections on {{Tinker}}

By Mary Beth Tinker

By Mary Beth Tinker
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2008 Patent Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit

By Todd Zubler, Nina Tallon, Jamie Wisz, Jamaica Szeliga, Greg Lantier, Kevin Heffel, Carolyn Chachkin, Ronnie Lin,…

By Todd Zubler, Nina Tallon, Jamie Wisz, Jamaica Szeliga, Greg Lantier, Kevin Heffel, Carolyn Chachkin, Ronnie Lin, Christopher Straw, Evandro Carvalho, Joyce Chen
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2008 International Trade Decisions of the Federal Circuit

By Jarrod M. Goldfeder

By Jarrod M. Goldfeder
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