opinion in Texas v. Johnson

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The opinion in Texas v. Johnson is the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that held flag burning is protected speech under the First Amendment.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court majority opinion ⓘ
judicial opinion ⓘ
appliedTo Texas flag desecration statute ⓘ
category United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases on freedom of speech ⓘ
characteristic controversial free speech ruling ⓘ
landmark First Amendment decision ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtTime William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
citation 491 U.S. 397 ⓘ
conclusion the state may not criminalize flag desecration based on the message it conveys ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1989-06-21 ⓘ
dissentingJustices Byron R. White ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber No. 88-155 ⓘ
holding Burning the American flag in political protest is expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment ⓘ
The government may not prohibit expression simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable ⓘ
joinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalIssue whether flag burning as political protest is protected speech ⓘ
whether the state’s interest in preserving the flag as a symbol justifies criminalizing its desecration ⓘ
locationOfOralArgument Supreme Court of the United States Building, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
lowerCourt Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
lowerCourtDisposition affirmed judgment of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
majorityAuthor William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
partOf case Texas v. Johnson ⓘ
party Gregory Lee Johnson ⓘ
State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas
precedentFor United States v. Eichman ⓘ
recognizes flag burning as expressive conduct ⓘ
rejectsGovernmentInterest preserving the flag as a symbol of nationhood and national unity as a basis for suppressing expression ⓘ
result conviction of Gregory Lee Johnson reversed ⓘ
standardApplied strict scrutiny for content-based restrictions on expression ⓘ
statuteHeldUnconstitutional Texas law prohibiting desecration of a venerated object ⓘ
subjectMatter First Amendment jurisprudence ⓘ
flag desecration ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
symbolic speech ⓘ
term 1988 Term of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
vote 5–4 ⓘ

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Flag Protection Act of 1989 is unconstitutional → relatedTo → Texas v. Johnson ⓘ
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