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Majority Opinion
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Brennan, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Kennedy. J. |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Stevens, J., Rehnquist, C.J. |
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Lower Court
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Texas Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim denied |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments (audio)
[Oyez]
-- edited transcript in Irons, Peter, editor, MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT: THE FIRST AMENDMENT (1997), pp. 218-226
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| Lawyers |
Daniel J. Popeo & Paul D. Kamenar for Washington Legal Foundation
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James C. Goodale, et al for Christic Institute, et al.
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Peter Linzer, James C. Harrington, & Steven R. Shapiro for ACLU
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Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., & Bradley B. Cavedo for Legal Affairs Council
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| Tony Mauro Analysis |
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
Johnson v. Texas, 706 SW2d 120 (1986)
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Johnson v. Texas, 755 SW2d 92 (1988)
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| News |
Greenhouse, Linda, "US Justices, 5-4, Back Protestors' Right to Burn the Flag," New York Times, June 22, 1989, sect. A, p. 1
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Kamen, Al, "Emotional Disputes Flare Over Flag Desecration; Supreme Court to Hear Arguments," Washington Post, March 19, 1989, sect. A, p. 9
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Mauro, Tony, "Flag abuse on today's Supreme Court agenda," USA Today, March 21, 1989, sect. A, p. 3
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| Other |
Ashcroft, John, Flag Protection Constitutional Amendment," Congressional Record, March 28, 2000, p. S1766
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Barron, Jerome, & Dienes, C. Thomas, THE FIRST AMENDMENT (2000), pp. 238-244
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Capitol Hill Hearing Testimony re Flag desecration, Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony, March 25, 1998 (on LexisNexis)
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Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES (1997), pp. 870-872
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Cleland, Max, "Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment," Congressional Record, March 17, 1999, p. S2866
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Goldstein, Robert Justin, BURNING THE FLAG: THE GREAT 1989-1990 AMERICAN FLAG DESECRATION CONTROVERSY (1996)
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Goldstein, Robert Justin, FLAG BURNING & FREE SPEECH: THE CASE OF TEXAS v. JOHNSON (2002)
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Greenawalt, Kent, "O'er the Land of the Free: Flag Burning As Speech," 37 UCLA Law Review 925 (1990)
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Greenawalt, Kent, FIGHTING WORDS (1995), pp. 28-46
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Hatch, Orrin, "Flag Protection Constitutional Amendment," Congressional Record, February 4, 1988, p. S395
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Hatch, Orrin, "Flag Protection Constitutional Amendment," Congressional Record, March 28, 2000, p. S1769
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Loewy, Arnold, "The Flag-Burning Case: Freedom of Speech When We Need it Most," 67 North Carolina Law Review 165 (1989)
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Michelman, Frank, "Saving Old Glory: On Constitutional Iconography," 42 Stanford Law Review 1337 (1990)
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Shiffrin, Steven DISSENT, INJUSTICE, & THE MEANINGS OF AMERICA (1999), pp. 4-8
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Smolla, Rodney, SMOLLA & NIMMER ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH (1994), sect. 5.02.2
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Stone, Geoffrey, "Flag Burning & the Constitution," 75 Iowa Law Review 111 (1989)
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Tushnet, Mark, "The Flag-Burning Episode: An Essay on the Constitution," 61 University of Colorado Law Review 39 (1990)
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| Commentary |
Editorial, "First Amendment Isn't on Father Curran's Side; Defenders of the Flag," New York Times, March 28, 1989, sect. A, p. 28
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Editorial, "How about a 47-star flag?," Chicago Tribune, March 25, 1989, p. 8
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Garbus, Martin, "Supreme Court retreat? The 'crime' of flag burning," The Nation, March 20, 1989, p. 369
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Hatch, Orrin, "Hatch Flag Amendment Would Only Allow a law Banning Burning," Salt Lake Tribune, April 22, 2001, sect. A, p. 4
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Hatch, Orrin, "Protect Flag From Physical Desecration," Salt Lake Tribune, November 11, 1995, sect. A, p. 11
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