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. The armbands were not shown to cause disruption or interfere with learning. B. Students at the school were allowed to wear other controversial symbols. C. Five previous court cases showed that armbands fall under First Amendment protection D. Armbands are a form of expression, even though they don't involve speech.

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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. The armbands were not shown to cause disruption or interfere with learning. B. Students at the school were allowed to wear other controversial symbols. C. Five previous court cases showed that armbands fall under First Amendment protection D. Armbands are a form of expression, even though they don't involve speech.

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The weakest support for the Supreme Court's decision that students have the right to wear the armbands to school is:B. Students at the school were allowed to wear other controversial symbols.This argument does not directly address the issue of whether the armbands themselves are protected under the First Amendment. It merely points out that other controversial symbols were allowed, which does not provide a strong basis for the specific case of the armbands.

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