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(34,661 posts)Fox=Fascist Propaganda outlet.
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(17,228 posts)because i can
On appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals the court overturned his conviction, saying that the State could not punish Johnson for burning the flag because the First Amendment protects such activity as symbolic speech. ... In 1989, the Court handed down its decision. The Supreme Court's decision.
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Facts and Case Summary - Texas v. Johnson | United States Courts
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Facts and case summary for Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989). Flag burning constitutes symbolic speech that is protected by the First Amendment.
Bucky
(54,027 posts)But I would take a bullet to defend your right to make whatever statement you want to make about America, however you want to make it.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)On the shores of Jersey City with the thousands of terrorists?????
WTFF??
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)WHO would EVER have voted for this celebrity buffoon?
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Bucky
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(195 posts)How many American Legionnaires might lose their citizenship or spend time in prison for doing something their duty calls on them to do.