As defined in the Meriam Webster Dictionary the words Supreme Court is the highest court of law in a country or U.S. state. Also defined in the Meriam Webster Dictionary is the words judicial review it is a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional.
In the Supreme Court case of Texas v. Johnson, Gregory Lee Johnson had burned an American flag. He burned the flag because he was protesting the policies that President Ronald Reagan had enacted. He did this action outside of a convention center in Dallas, Texas where the 1984 Republican National Convention was being held at. Johnson was later arrested and eventually charged with the violating of a Texas statute. The Texas court tried and convicted Johnson but he appealed this. He instead debated that his actions were a form of symbolic speech and that he was protected by the First Amendment. Surprisingly, the Supreme Court agreed to hear his case.
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A statute is a written law that is formally created by a government. He was fined $2,000 dollars and sentenced to one year in prison. Of course he appeals his case. Then the court of Appeals for the 5th district, declares his conviction. Johnson once again appeals his case but this time it turns out to be in his favor. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the highest court in Texas that hears criminal cases. The Supreme Court of the United States gets an appeal from Texas. This grants a certiorari, which is a writ of superior court to call up the records of an inferior court or a body acting in a quasi-judicial capacity. Johnsons wins his case 5 to 4 because the Texas statute is unconstitutional. Johnson won his case simple because, the fact that people get offended, because of certain ideas or expression does not justify a means of the prohibitions of