Controversial opinions have arisen concerning the burning of the American flag. Ronald J. Allen has also contributed on his essay American Flag Stands for Tolerance published in June 30, 1989. He argues that he understands how the situation might be controversial to some, but eventually it is one’s right as an American citizen to be able to express oneself easily, even though the idea may not be well-liked or the action itself is extreme, through logos, ethos, and pathos, figurative language, and
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rights but during a court case between Texas and Johnson, the court states: “We decline, therefore, to create for the flag an exception to the joust of principles protected by the First Amendment….” The court is saying that even though he is burning the flag, and although the court does not agree with it, the First Amendment protects him because he is expressing his freedom of speech, it does not harm any person.
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Burning the American flag is one of the most disrespectful things a human being can do. It makes one look like they have no respect what so ever for a nation like the US. Although the first amendment states “Freedom of Speech,” it should not mean that one is allowed to disrupt the peace of a fellow American by burning the American flag in the media or in front of them. What if a man from Pakistan saw that a group of the Confederate party were waving their southern flags and burning a Pakistan flag
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1) There has always been a line of respect for objects with purpose, but in modern times the burning of the American flag is one that continues to be a topic of controversy. 2) The burning of the United States flag should be illegal. 3) Limits in Freedom of speech, flag desecration, and the right to protest and the actions of individuals and messages carried out by others has lead me to believe that freedom of speech shouldn’t be absolute only limited. 4) Although people wish to express their political
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of our history is because this was a very unstable time in history, due to the changing status of minorities in the culture at this time due to the end of the Civil War and the impending revolution for women’s rights with the passage of the 19th amendment. Dating as far back as the early 1800's women’s roles were consistently being challenged and questioned, it was not so much the women’s rights marches of the 60's but it was the beginning of that revolution. During the early part of the 19th
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The reason for the case starts with the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade marching around Dallas, TX during the 1984 National Republican Convention. The group was marching through the streets protesting President Reagan’s policies. While the group was mostly marching because of the convention; there were also several companies that they were targeting. When at one of the companies one member took the American flag and handed it to Gregory Lee Johnson who then proceeded to burn the flag. He was
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flag burning is not illegal in the United States, and the Supreme Court of the US protected it under the First Amendment back in 1969. Nevertheless, anyone who burned the flag can be found guilty in court under a misdemeanor, for having started a fire without a permit. The right to protest just got thrown under the bus, despite the fact that flag burning is protected under the First Amendment. The case at the US Supreme Court was in 1907, the Halter v. Nebraska case, later on in 1968, in light protests
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importantly the right to petition our government; all of which fall under the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. Our nation’s flag is an everlasting symbol of freedom and hope that stands as a testament to our nation’s power. Most importantly our flag represents the freedom of the individual to express his ideals as they see fit. Therefore when the very essence of Americans freedom is challenged by the “flag amendment,” that would forbid the desecration of the American flag, a dilemma forms. While
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Reagan and what he stands for. He burnt the flag in front of the Republican National Convention in Dallas Texas. He was arrested and fined for violating a Texas statute. Texas tried to convict Johnson but he kept on saying that he was using the 1st amendment. The Supreme Court decided to hear his case in 1989 In the Gregory Lee Johnson case, he went to jail for burning the American flag in a protest to president Ronald Reagan admission policies in 1984. At first he was fined 2000 dollars and severed
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During his sentence, he appealed his conviction in the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas which he lost, and then in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where his conviction was overturned because they said flag burning was protected under the first amendment. Since this sparked
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