Which fact from the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision best supports the reasoning that the conduct of the student protesters was protected by the
Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits deprivation of life, liberty, or
property?
O A. That they are educating the young for citizenship is reason for
scrupulous protection of Constitutional freedoms of the individual,
if we are not to strangle the free mind at its source and teach
youth to discount important principles of our government as mere
platitudes.
O B. The action of the school authorities appears to have been based
on an urgent wish to avoid the controversy which might result
from the expression, even by the silent symbol of armbands, of
opposition to this nation's part in the conflagration in Vietnam.
C. On the other hand, the Court has repeatedly emphasized the need
for affirming the comprehensive authority of the States and of
school officials, consistent with fundamental constitutional
safeguards, to prescribe and control conduct in the schools.
O D. The record shows that students in some of the schools wore
buttons relating to national political campaigns, and some even
wore the Iron Cross, traditionally a symbol of Nazism.