Description. Two clips regarding the Supreme Court case of Texas V Johnson - the flag burning case. Clip One provides background on the case, and Clip Two features defendant Gregory Lee Johnson's ...

Law school professor David Cole wrote the U.S. Supreme Court briefs in 1989 case Texas v. Johnson. By Andrew Kragie, Houston Chronicle Updated Nov 29, 2016 12:44 p.m.

Before protesting became “the new brunch,” it spawned a landmark Supreme Court case. Outside the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Gregory Johnson set fire to an American flag.

In response, Texas appealed to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case and ultimately affirmed the lower appeals court’s ruling five years later, in 1989. In Texas v.

That’s exactly what happened: Johnson’s attorneys appealed his case all the way to the highest court in the land. In Texas v. Johnson, they argued that his actions constituted “symbolic ...

"I hate the result [in Texas v. Johnson]," Scalia said at a Q&A sponsored by Brooklyn Law. "I would send that guy to jail so fast if I were king," he added, then referring to Gregory Lee Johnson ...

In extreme cases, such as the burning of the flag, the Supreme Court has ruled, twice, that desecrating the nation’s flag is protected expression by the First Amendment. In the first case, Texas v.

Before protesting became “the new brunch,” it spawned a landmark Supreme Court case. Outside the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Gregory Johnson set fire to an American flag.

Before protesting became “the new brunch,” it spawned a landmark Supreme Court case. Outside the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Gregory Johnson set fire to an American flag.