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I understand that this flag has serious important meanings . . . But that does not mean that . . . people may not under the First Amendment show their feelings by what Texas calls desecration of a venerated object. I think it's a most important case. I sense that it goes to the heart of the First Amendment, to hear things or to see things that we hate test the First Amendment more than seeing or hearing things that we like. It wasn't designed for things we like. They never needed a First Amendment.
—William M. Kunstler, Attorney for Gregory Lee Johnson, Texas v. Johnson
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In this excerpt, attorney William Kunstler is arguing against his client's conviction.
The main idea of this excerpt is that the First Amendment is essential because it
Answer: allows for symbolic speech
Explanation:
After Gregory Lee Johnson, William Kunstler´s client, was tried and convicted for having burned an American flag to protest against Reagan´s government, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction and the case was sent to the Supreme Court. The Texas v. Johnson court case brought up the question of whether or not the desecration of an American flag is a form of speech protected under the First Amendment. The court ruled that Johnson burning the flag was a form of expression with a distinctively political nature and was protected by the First Amendment.
In 'total war' – a term not used until the 1930s, by German general Paul von Ludendorff – the entire nation was called into service, rather than just its military. They also made extensive use of propaganda, both to raise public morale and to raise money through war bonds. Britain initiated total war from the outset.
His promise was to reduce the number of troops in Vietnam. This was popular because the public support for the war effort was becoming weaker and weaker and even those who used to be proud of those in Vietnam started losing respect for the government that sent them there. This won him a lot of votes, especially among republicans whose children were in the war.
"Very few Roman emperors in the centuries after Augustus were competent rulers; most were insane, greedy, or both" and "Exposure to diseases from other lands killed many Romans" are the two statements that <span>correctly describes the beginning of the decline of the Roman Empire. The correct options are option "A" and "B".</span>
