In both Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940) and West Virginia SBE v. Barnette (1943), the Supreme Court had to decide whether

Both cases concerned whether public schools could require students to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance, even when doing so conflicted with their beliefs. In Gobitis, the Court upheld the requirement, but in Barnette it reversed course and ruled that students could not be forced to express patriotic beliefs. The issue was whether freedom of speech and conscience outweighed efforts to foster patriotism during wartime, so B is correct.

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