TEXAS VS JOHNSON CASE 1989

THE FACTS...

• First amendment for the US forbids that would limit people's speech
• Burning a flag that didn't make it okay to limit the speech
• Johnson was sentenced to a year in prison and fined 2,000$
• Johnson poured kerosene on the flag and set it on fire in front of Dallas City Hall

ARGUMENT

• Speech is intended to show a message
• American flag is to show a message

DECISION

• Burning of the flag is an act of expression that is intended to convey message
• Johnson was put in prison for a year and fined 2,000$
• People will have ideas some offensive and some not.
• Rights to express ideas can send people in an up roar
• They should have a freedom to have their own speech.

MY ANSWER

• I agree with the paper that people should be untitled to their own mind and speech

OTHER CASES

• What happend then and what happens now with other cases is not much different
• They gave Johnson a chance to say what he wants only he didn't have a choice to a lawyer or right to remain silent