Texas V. Johnson Majority Opinion Analysis

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Context Writing Based on “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?”, “Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion”, and my own experience, our relationships with others define who we are by the feelings that arise when in a situation involving something personal. In the “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?”, Yonatan goes around to people’s homes and interview the people for his documentary. He makes his way to Sergei’s house to ask him a questions. Sergei does not like strangers banging on his door, especially when they are asking him questions. “Sergei tells the boy, tells him in what he thinks is a straightforward manner that he doesn’t want it. Not interested. Sergei gives the camera a shove, to help make it clear. But the earring boy is stubborn” …show more content…

In “Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion,” a protester with the name of Gregory Lee Johnson set the American flag on fire. This man was punished for the act that he had done by being fined and a jail term firm for breaking a state law banning flag desecration. Johnson sent a case to the Supreme Court to decide whether burning of the flag is an act protected by the constitution. “Texas’ argument that the burning of an American flag is an act having a high likelihood to cause a breach of the peace” (page 15). Texas states that when an American flag is being burned that whoever has done this action breaches the peace of the American people. The reasoning why this has made it to the Supreme Court is because the constitution protects the actions of Johnson, while Texas disagrees with the statement. The relationship here is between United States and Texas. Texas is directly speaking with the Supreme Court and telling them that burning the flag is disrupting the peace of the society of America; as it states “an act having a high likelihood to cause a breach of the peace”. Based on this statement, we can conclude what Texas feels about this situation. We can now define Texas as cautious, because the worrisome they become from burning the American Flag and the outcome it

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