Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the political impact of both policy-creating decisions? A Ruled that speech that posed a ‘clear and present danger’ was not protected Ruled that the federal government could restrict campaign spending by corporations, but not labor B Applied the First Amendment to the states Applied the Fifth Amendment to the states C Led to an increase in power for the national government to restrict freedom of speech Led to the creation of independent expenditure-only committees (Super PACs) D Declared that wearing a black armband to protest the Vietnam War was a form of symbolic speech Declared that political spending was a form of protected free speech

D. Declared that wearing a black armband to protest the Vietnam War was a form of symbolic speech. Declared that political spending was a form of protected free speech.

Explanation:

These two statements express two policy-creating decisions that can be considered to be relatively equivalent. Both of these statements deal with the subject of free speech, one of the most important concepts in our government. Moreover, both of these decisions came as a result of a Supreme Court case. In the case of the first one, this was the decision Tinker v. Des Moines ( 1969). In the case of the second one, this came due to the case Citizens United v. FEC (2010).