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the plaintiff was Texas.
Would the supreme court have jurisdiction if Johnson burned a texas flag in the case of Texas vs. Johnson?
It allows us to have freedom of speech and religion. Thanks to the case Texas v. Johnson we can also burn our American Flag with no consequences because it is part of our First amendment rights.
"separate but equal" facilities did not violate the constitution.
In the Plessy decision, the Supreme Court ruled that such segregation did not violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Texas vs Johnson
Claudia Taylor Johnson is better know as First Lady "Lady Bird" Johnson. While that should be a case of 'nuff said, she was married to President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
He doused an American flag in Kerosene and set it afire and chanted, "America, the red, white, and blue, we spit on you."
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.
The case was argued before the US Supreme Court on March 21, 1989, and decided on June 21, 1989.Case Citation:Texas v. Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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.