Which statement from the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision best supports the reasoning that the conduct of the student protesters was within the
protection of the free speech clause of the First Amendment?
A. Neither students nor teachers shed their constitutional rights to
freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.
B. In wearing the armbands, the students were quiet and passive,
were not disruptive and did not infringe upon the rights of others.
C. First Amendment rights are available to teachers and students,
subject to application in light of the special characteristics of the
school environment.
D. Three public school pupils in Des Moines, Iowa, were suspended
from school for wearing black armbands to protest the
Government's policy in Vietnam.