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 is most likely to have influenced the dissent of the
Supreme Court decision that the students had the right to wear the armbands
to school?
A. Previous court cases had ruled in favor of schools limiting
students' First Amendment rights.
B. Students at the school were allowed to wear other controversia
symbols.
C. The school's decision affected only some of the students who
were wearing armbands.
D. The students lived in a town that had a large number of military
draftees