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How the Law Protects Flag Burning in the United States
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Texas v. Johnson
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White House reacts to President-elect Trump's flag-burning tweet - Daily Mail
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Should Flag Burning be Illegal?
Texas v. Johnson was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag. Justice William Brennan wrote for a five-justice majority in holding that the defendant Gregory Lee Johnson's act of flag burning was protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.