Petitioner: State of TexasRespondent: Gregory Lee JohnsonAttorneysKathi Alyce Drew, for the State of TexasWilliam Kunstler, for Gregory Lee JohnsonSupreme Court VotesWilliam J. Brennan.........Pro.......Wrote majority opinionThurgood Marshall.........ProHarry Blackmun............ProAntonin Scalia...............ProAnthony M. Kennedy......ProC.J. William Rehnquist...Con.......Wrote dissenting opinionJohn Paul Stevens.........ConByron White.................ConSandra Day O'Connor.....ConCase Citation:Texas v. Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989)
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Roe v. Wade and Texas v. Johnson, two unrelated cases originating in the Dallas, Texas, were filed in different jurisdictions:Roe v. Wade, 410 US 113, (1973) was originally filed in federal court, in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.Texas v. Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989) was originally filed in Dallas County Criminal Court.
Gregory Lee Johnson was arrested on Wednesday, August 22, 1984, for burning a flag in protest of President Reagan's "War Chest" during the Republican National Convention in Dallas.Johnson was convicted under Texas Penal Code Ann. § 42.09(a)(3), Texas Venerated Objects Law, and sentenced to one year in prison and a $2,000 fine.His case was eventually appealed to the US Supreme Court as Texas v. Johnson, (1989)Case Citation:Texas v. Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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Texas v. Johnson, (1989) has been cited a number of cases, but you are probably referring specifically to:US v. Eichman, 496 US 310 (1990)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
In Texas v. Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989) the US Supreme Court overturned the Texas Venerated Objects Law (Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 42.09(a)(3) [Vernon 1974]), which outlawed intentionally or knowingly desecrating a flag in a way that some observer might find seriously offensive.Case Citation:Texas v. Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989)For more information about Texas v. Johnson, (1989) and other flag desecration cases, see Related Links, below.
That burning the flag is allowed as part of free speech.
Various Clauses of the First Amendment
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Texas v. Johnson was a First Amendment case in which the Supreme Court overturned a Texas state law that prohibited burning the flag on the grounds that "expressive" political speech (an action that symbolizes an expressed opinion) was protected by the Constitution.The conflict involved Gregory Johnson's right to engage in an action some members of society found offensive in order to protest President Reagan's War Chest policies during the Republican National Convention in 1984. Some of the onlookers reported feeling offended by the flag desecration, which triggered Johnson's arrest.The Texas law stated desecration is illegal if "the actor knows it will seriously offend one or more persons," and was punishable by a $2,000 fine and/or one year in prison. The Court held the law was a deliberate attempt at suppressing free speech, and therefore was unconstitutional. Johnson had the right to invoke First Amendment protection because the burning occurred in the context of a political protest.Case Citation:Texas v. Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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