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Gregory Lee "Joey" Johnson (born 1956) is an American political activist, known for his advocacy of flag desecration. [1] [2] His burning of the flag of the United States in a political demonstration during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, led to his role as defendant in the landmark United States Supreme Court case Texas v.
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.
Gregory Lee Johnson (born July 18, 1945) [1] was the American Ambassador to Swaziland [2] from 1999 until 2001. Johnson was also Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Osaka-Kobe, Japan from 1989 until 1992 [ 1 ] and Consul General in Toronto from 1996 until 1999.
Greg Johnson (white nationalist) (born 1971), American white nationalist; Gregory G. Johnson (born 1946), US Navy admiral; Gregory C. Johnson (born 1954), astronaut; Gregory H. Johnson (born 1962), astronaut; Gregory Lee Johnson (born 1956), defendant in the landmark Supreme Court case Texas v. Johnson; Gregg Johnson (politician), Illinois ...
Dozens of protesters were peacefully arrested including, Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade member Gregory Lee Johnson, who burned a U.S. flag, which had been stolen from a flagpole in front of a downtown building. Johnson was charged with Desecration of Venerated Object, a misdemeanor violation of the Texas Penal Code. He was later ...
Gregory Lee Johnson [6] – Career FSO November 16, 1999 February 3, 2000 October 18, 2001 James D. McGee – Career FSO January 30, 2002 February 21, 2002 August 10, 2004 Lewis W. Lucke [7] – Career FSO July 2, 2004 August 26, 2004 July 22, 2006 Maurice S. Parker – Career FSO July 20, 2007 September 21, 2007 June 12, 2009
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