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dejastew

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Why did the arrest of Gregory Lee Johnson violate the First Amendment while the arrest of fifty Austin antiwar protesters did not violate the First Amendment?
 
  a. The antiwar protesters were violent; Johnson was not.
  b. Johnson did not have a microphone, but the antiwar protesters did.
  c. Johnson did not interfere with the rights of other people, whereas the protesters disrupted the lives of others.
  d. Austin police officers are better-trained than Dallas police officers.
  e. There was no difference in the actions; the Supreme Court was arbitrary in its decision.

Question 2

In the 1989 decision of Texas v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that _____.
 
  a. burning the flag is a form of symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment
  b. public prayers at high school football games violate the First Amendment
  c. the First Amendment protects the right of antiabortion activists to picket abortion clinics
  d. Ku Klux Klan demonstrations are protected by the First Amendment
  e. the Second Amendment does not guarantee the right of private citizens to carry firearms



nekcihc358

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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