Which best describes how Tinker v. Des Moines expanded protected speech under the First Amendment?

In Tinker v. Des Moines, students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. The Supreme Court ruled that this silent, expressive act was symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment, unless it substantially disrupted school. So the best choice is “The decision affirmed the protection of symbolic speech.”

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