Question

Why does Fortas call the wearing of armbands a symbolic act? He means that the act has additional meaning beyond wearing an armband. He means that students are protected under the First Amendment if their armbands have religious or political symbols printed on them. He means that students should not have to cover the writing on their clothing with black armbands.

Answer 1

The answer is

A."He means that the act has additional meaning beyond wearing an armband."

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) He means that the act has additional meaning beyond wearing an armband.

Fortas called the wearing of armbands a symbolic act because he meant that the act has additional meaning beyond wearing an armband.

We are talking about Justice Abe Fortas in the case "Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District," decided on February 24, 1969. The final decision of the Supreme Court was that the armbands were speech actions, separated from the conduct of the young students and that these students did not lose freedom of speech rights.