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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.
A history of U.S. laws banning flag burning and other forms of flag desecration, from 1897 to the proposed Flag Desecration Amendment. On Language: Desecration. Column in the New York Times (July 31, 2005) by William Safire on the use of the word desecration in the proposed amendment. Cracking the Flag-Burning Amendment; A Brief History of Flag ...
Amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions regarding desecration of the flag to prohibit: (1) destroying or damaging a U.S. flag with the primary purpose and intent to incite or produce imminent violence or a breach of the peace; (2) intentionally threatening or intimidating any person, or group of persons, by burning a U.S. flag; or ...
Man is charged with burning American flag during Washington protest over Netanyahu visit By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a man with burning an American flag in the nation’s capital during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in July.
The White House condemned what it called “disgraceful” protests outside Union Station Wednesday in Washington, D.C., while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an address to ...
A 1989 U.S. Supreme Court ruling upheld a protestor's right to burn the American flag, but President-elect Trump might want to change that.
Actions that may be treated as the desecration of a flag include burning it, [1] urinating or defecating on it, defacing it with slogans, [1] stepping upon it, damaging it with stones; bullets; or any other projectile, cutting or ripping it, [1] improperly flying it, verbally insulting it, dragging it on the ground, [2] or eating it, among other things.
Less than two weeks after rioters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s lawn displayed an upside-down American flag, The New York Times reported this week.