Your Rights: Freedom of Expression Answers

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According to Texas’s attorney, why should the flag be protected?

to uphold it as a symbol of unity

to prevent other symbols from being adopted

to allow it to lose its symbolic effect

to preserve it as a symbol of nationhood

to protect its effect as a symbol

makes flag burning a crime✔ allows for symbolic speechpromotes nonviolent actions

makes flag burning a crime

✔ allows for symbolic speech

promotes nonviolent actions

Which statement best describes the Supreme Court’s decision in Texas v. Johnson?

It prevented acts of symbolic protest against the federal government.

It protected actions such as flag burning and not just spoken or written words.

It legalized the right to protest, but not the right to burn the flag publicly.

It limited freedom of speech protections to only the written or spoken word.

Which statement best summarizes Justice Brennan’s opinion?

The right to free speech extends to those expressing unpopular ideas.

Free speech is limited only to nonviolent speech

The government can never prohibit the expression of an idea.

Society can prohibit speech if it is offensive or disagreeable.

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