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  2. Texas v. Johnson - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Rehnquist Court - Wikipedia

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    Texas v. Johnson (1989): In a 5–4 decision written by Justice Brennan, the Court struck down a state law that prevented the burning of the American flag. The court held that the act of burning the flag is protected speech under the First Amendment. In a subsequent case, United States v.

  4. Flag Desecration Amendment - Wikipedia

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    Over time, 48 of the 50 U.S. states also enacted similar flag protection laws. In 1989, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned all of these statutes by a 5–4 vote in the case Texas v. Johnson as unconstitutional restrictions of public expression. [7] Congress responded to the Johnson decision afterwards by passing another flag ...

  5. 47 landmark Supreme Court cases that changed American life as ...

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    The US Supreme Court has made many sweeping, landmark decisions. Here's a primer on 47 of the most important ones, and how they changed American life.

  6. Flag Protection Act - Wikipedia

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    In 1989, the 101st Congress amended that statute with Public Law 101-131 (103 Stat. 777). These amendments to the statute were in response to the United States Supreme Court's ruling that year in the case of Texas v. Johnson (491 U.S. 397). On June 11, 1990, the Supreme Court in the case of United States v.

  7. Gregory Lee Johnson - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First ...

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    Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans (2015) Matal v. Tam ... Smith v. Goguen (1974) Texas v. Johnson (1989) United States v. Eichman (1990) City of ...

  9. United States v. Eichman - Wikipedia

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    In response to Texas v. Johnson, the 101st Congress passed the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which attempted to circumvent the Johnson ruling by prohibiting mistreatment of the flag without regard to any message being conveyed. [3] On the day that the law took effect, protests were staged around the nation.