{"id":758,"date":"2026-07-14T12:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/texas-v-johnson\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:25:46","slug":"texas-v-johnson","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/glossary\/texas-v-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas v. Johnson (1989)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Texas v. Johnson<\/em>, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is the United States Supreme Court decision holding that flag desecration is expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment. The 5&ndash;4 ruling invalidated flag-protection statutes in 48 states and remains the controlling precedent on flag-burning legislation in the United States. It is a recurring reference point in flags.page coverage of flag-protection laws worldwide.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-758","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}