Question

Which Supreme Courts case resulted in recognizing that a symbolic act is within the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment?

Answer 1

Answer:

Tinker v. Des Moines

Explanation:

In December 1965, a gathering of understudies in Des Moines held a gathering in the home of 16-year-old Christopher Eckhardt to design an open appearing of their help for a ceasefire in the Vietnam war. They chose to wear dark armbands all through the Christmas season and to quick on December 16 and New Year's Eve. The principals of the Des Moines school educated of the arrangement and met on December 14 to make an approach that expressed that any understudy wearing an armband would be approached to evacuate it, with refusal to do as such bringing about suspension. On December 16, Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt wore their armbands to class and were sent home. The next day, John Tinker did likewise with a similar outcome. The understudies did not come back to class until after New Year's Day, the arranged end of the protest.  

Through their parents, the understudies sued the school area for abusing the understudies' privilege of articulation and looked for an order to forestall the school locale from teaching the understudies. The area court expelled the case and held that the school locale's activities were sensible to maintain school discipline. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit avowed the choice without opinion.

Answer 2

B. tinker v. sea moines