In the case of Tinker v. Des Moines, the Supreme Court Justice defended the rights of the students to wear armbands in public school as a form of symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment. The Justice argued that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate" and that the armbands did not disrupt the educational process. The decision affirmed that students have the right to express their opinions and beliefs peacefully, even in a school setting.
