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Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.
Gregory Lee "Joey" Johnson (born 1956) is an American political activist, known for his advocacy of flag desecration. [1] [2] His burning of the flag of the United States in a political demonstration during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, led to his role as defendant in the landmark United States Supreme Court case Texas v.
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989) - Amicus curiae for Gregory Lee Johnson; United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259 (1990) - Amicus curiae for Rene Martin Verdugo-Urquidez; Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 492 U.S. 490 (1989)
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Gregory C. Johnson (born 1954), astronaut Gregory H. Johnson (born 1962), astronaut Gregory Lee Johnson (born 1956), defendant in the landmark Supreme Court case Texas v.
Dozens of protesters were peacefully arrested including, Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade member Gregory Lee Johnson, who burned a U.S. flag, which had been stolen from a flagpole in front of a downtown building. Johnson was charged with Desecration of Venerated Object, a misdemeanor violation of the Texas Penal Code. He was later ...
In connection with his death, the jail was issued a notice of non-compliance by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for failing to properly observe inmates. Jail or Agency: Bell County Jails; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 5/23/2016; Age at death: 45; Sources: Texas Commission on Jail Standards, www.tdtnews ...
In Washington, D.C., Gregory Lee Johnson, the defendant in Texas v. Johnson, staged a protest together with three companions – artists Dread Scott and Shawn Eichman and Vietnam veteran David Blalock – by burning flags on the steps of the United States Capitol building before a crowd of reporters and photographers. [7]