Question

Which of the following correctly explains how the Supreme Court’s decisions in Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman contributed to the right of freedom of speech?(1 point)
Responses

Both decisions involved selective incorporation requiring states to protect freedom of speech.
Both decisions involved selective incorporation requiring states to protect freedom of speech.

Both decisions protected participants in the civil rights movement from being punished for their civil disobedience.
Both decisions protected participants in the civil rights movement from being punished for their civil disobedience.

Both decisions protected the symbolic speech of burning a U.S. flag in protest.
Both decisions protected the symbolic speech of burning a U.S. flag in protest.

Both cases ruled that flag burning could be outlawed in places it was considered offensive.
Both cases ruled that flag burning could be outlawed in places it was considered offensive.

Answer 1

Both decisions protected the symbolic speech of burning a U.S. flag in protest.

Explanation: Texas v. Johnson (1989) held that flag burning is expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment, and United States v. Eichman (1990) struck down the federal Flag Protection Act that Congress passed in response, reaffirming that flag burning as political protest is protected speech.