The Dissenting Opinion
Can Gregory Lee Johnson go to jail and be a criminal for burning the American Flag. Gregory Lee Johnson and others protesters marched through the streets of Dallas, Spray-painting building’s and causing others property damage. Johnson doused an American flag in Kerosene and set it on fire. It was a criminal offence in Texas federal law. Argue that the right to burn the American flag is fundamental to the first Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech. The Supreme Court was to hear Texas v. Johnson in 1988. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. The Supreme Court has gapped with weather Laws banning expressive conduct are permissible
Can Gregory Lee Johnson go to jail and be a criminal for burning the American Flag. Gregory Lee Johnson and others protesters marched through the streets of Dallas, Spray-painting building’s and causing others property damage. Johnson doused an American flag in Kerosene and set it on fire. It was a criminal offence in Texas federal law. Argue that the right to burn the American flag is fundamental to the first Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech. The Supreme Court was to hear Texas v. Johnson in 1988. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. The Supreme Court has gapped with weather Laws banning expressive conduct are permissible