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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 .
The Court has continued to uphold the doctrine but also steadily narrowed the grounds on which fighting words are held to apply. In Street v.New York (1969), the Court overturned a statute prohibiting flag-burning and verbally abusing the flag, holding that mere offensiveness does not qualify as "fighting words".
In the United States, prosecutions for breach of the peace are subject to constitutional constraints. In Terminiello v.City of Chicago (1949), the United States Supreme Court held that an ordinance of the City of Chicago that banned speech which "stirs the public to anger, invites dispute, brings about a condition of unrest, or creates a disturbance" was unconstitutional under the First ...
It said Terminiello's "epithets directed to certain members of the audience" (i.e., "the slimy scum that got in by mistake") were "derisive, fighting words likely to cause a breach of the peace by ...
The stalking incident of Clark comes after an Oregon man was charged with breach of peace, electronic stalking and harassment of UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers. The man said on social media ...
North Texas ‘Proud Boy’ charged with assaulting officers in Jan. 6 breach of U.S. Capitol ... Anyone with tips related to the breach of the Capitol can call the FBI at 1-800-225-5324 or visit ...
A person being required in the name of the state by a sheriff, deputy sheriff, high bailiff, deputy bailiff or constable, who neglects or refuses to assist such an officer in the execution of his office, in a criminal cause, or in the preservation of the peace, or in the apprehension and securing of a person for a breach of the peace, or in a ...
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