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

Explanation: In Texas v. Johnson (1989) the Court held flag burning is protected symbolic speech under the First Amendment, and in United States v. Eichman (1990) the Court struck down the federal Flag Protection Act, reaffirming that burning the flag as protest is protected speech.