B) The School's right to create order outweighed the student's rights.
The Case Progresses Through the Courts and the Ultimate Supreme Court Ruling.
[8] The case was first heard in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. After hearing arguments from both sides, the District Court judge decided that: (1) Yes, the armbands were a symbolic form of free speech, but (2) the school district’s right to maintain a controlled and orderly environment in the classroom was more important than the students’ First Amendment rights. Mary
Beth and her friends lost round one.
[9] They appealed the case to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals was deadlocked, with an even number of justices on each side of the controversy. The students, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), asked the United States Supreme Court to take review and decide the case.
According to lines 8 and 9, why did the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa rule in favor of the school in Tinker v. Des Moines?
A) Students had no protection under the First Amendment
B) The School's right to create order outweighed the student's rights.
C) The First Amendment covers only actual speech, not symbolic speech.
D) The armbands were not a form of symbolic speech.
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