Flag burning case began with incident during Republican Convention in Dallas
James Rose, FOX4News
The court case that wound up protecting the right to burn an American began with an incident in Dallas during the 1984 Republican National Convention.
A protester named Gregory Lee Johnson burned the American flag in front of city hall and was arrested. The Supreme Court eventually ruled in 1989 that flag burning was a protected form of free speech under the constitution.
But on Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump ignited another controversy by calling for consequences for the act. He tweeted “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!”
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