When Gregory Lee Johnson burned a flag, he was convicted for flag desecration under Texas law, but the Court of Appeals reversed the conviction. This work examines the case and the attendant controversy over whether protection of the flag conflicts with constitutional guarantees of free speech.
| ISBN: | 9780700610549 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2000 |
| Author: | Robert Justin Goldstein |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 269 pages |
| Series: | Landmark Law Cases & American Society |
| Genres: |
Constitution: government and the state Human rights, civil rights Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours Constitutional and administrative law: general Criminal law: procedure and offences |