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The Supreme Court case of Tinker v. Des Moines dealt with two students who

were suspended from school for wearing black armbands to protest the
Vietnam War. Their parents sued the school district for violating the students'
right to free speech, but it was determined by lower courts that the school
district had the right to suspend them. When the Supreme Court reviewed the
case, it decided that the school district did not have the right to suspend the
students
Which of these arguments provides the weakest support for the Supreme
Court's decision that students have the right to wear the armbands to school?
A. Students at the school were allowed to wear other controversial
symbols.
B. Armbands are a form of expression, even though they don't involve
speech
C. Five previous court cases showed that armbands fall under First
Amendment pro
D. The armbands were not shown to cause disruption or interfere
with learning

User Marek Buchtela
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Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

There wasn't any other previous court cases that said that armbands fall under the first amendment.

Armbands are a form of expression, even if they don't involve sppech is a good argument. If students were allowed to wear other controversial things, then why can't armbands be permitted? The armbands didn't cause disruption. All of those are good arguments.

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