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Texas V. Johnson Case Study

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Miranda rights warnings have been a staple of law enforcement since. Roe v. Wade, 1973, is a case that still causes anger to this day. This ruling provides the ability of choice to women in the matter of abortion. There are numerous other cases to discuss, but I wish to cover one more. Texas v. Johnson, 1989, established desecration of the United States flag as free speech. These landmark cases can be used in the future to argue that the Supreme Court had already heard a case similar and make a decision at a lower level court. This leads me into Federalism. Federalism is when two governments share authority over the same land. For instance, the state of Texas has the power to require driver’s licenses, establish open carry, concealed carry,

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