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5 days ago · The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the US government’s challenge to a consent decree among Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado, forcing those states to rethink how they’ll divvy up water in the Rio Grande River Basin to account for federal interests.
4 days ago · Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (2003) United States Postal Service v. Flamingo Industries (USA), Limited (2003) United States v. Lara (2003) American Insurance Ass'n v. Garamendi (2002) Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America v. Walsh (2002)
4 days ago · In Texas v. Johnson (1989), the court recognized as speech the burning of an American flag and held that the state could not prohibit this action, either for its message or for its alleged, but unsubstantiated, tendency to cause breaches of the peace. Two-part test developed.
5 days ago · Today in Supreme Court History: June 21, 1989. Josh Blackman | 6.21.2024 7:00 AM. 6/21/1989: Texas v. Johnson is decided. Texas v. Johnson (1989) | An Introduction to Constitutional Law.
5 days ago · On June 21, 1989, the US Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag in public to protest government policies is a right protected by the First Amendment. Read Texas v. Johnson. Learn more about the legal aspects of flag desecration from the Free Speech Center.
During oral arguments on 21 March 1989 Texas defended its flag-desecration statute on the grounds that states have a compelling interest in preserving a venerated national symbol, and that the state has a compelling interest in preventing breaches of peace.
4 days ago · Cases argued. United States v. Johnson (1970) New York Times Company v. Sullivan (1963)
