Use the excerpt from the Supreme Court majority opinion in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent

Question

Community School District, written by Justice Fortas, to answer the question.
Which line from the passage is an example of stare decisis, where the court follows precedents
established by earlier decisions?
(1 point)
“It can hardly be argued that either students
or teachers shed their constitutional rights to
freedom of speech or expression at the
schoolhouse gate.”
“This has been the unmistakable holding of
this Court for almost 50 years. In Meyer v.
Nebraska, and Bartels v. Iowa, this Court. . .
held that the Due Process Clause of the
Fourteenth Amendment prevents States
from forbidding the teaching of a foreign
language to young students.”
“First Amendment rights, applied in light of
the special characteristics of the school
environment, are available to teachers and
students.”
“As we shall discuss, the wearing of
armbands in the circumstances of this case
was entirely divorced from actually or
potentially disruptive conduct by those
participating in it.”

Answer 1

The line that demonstrates stare decisis, where the court follows precedents established by earlier decisions, is:

“This has been the unmistakable holding of this Court for almost 50 years. In Meyer v. Nebraska, and Bartels v. Iowa, this Court. . . held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevents States from forbidding the teaching of a foreign language to young students.”

This line explicitly references past court decisions and establishes a precedent that the current ruling is built upon.