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  1. Dec 2021
  2. Nov 2021
    1. painted an American flag on his bare chest, but painted it upside down. Johnson was arrested and charged with violating the Texas flag desecration law.

      This was about burning a flag and not painting anything

  3. Oct 2021
    1. Its means are adequate to its ends, and on those means alone was it expected to rely for the accomplishment of its ends.

      This whole phrase is really confusing me? I'm not able to even figure out what any of the parts mean, could anybody help me out?

  4. Sep 2021
    1. It is then the opinion of the court,

      How can a court's opinion change? When there are different people on the court would that maybe produce a different outcome? How would you be able to be sure that things are standard?

    2. If this obloquy is to be cast on the jurisprudence of our country, it must arise from the peculiar character of the case....

      This whole phrase is just completely in one ear and out the other for me. Would anybody be able to explain what this means? It is just a fancy way for getting into the opinion on the case?

    3. If he has a right, and that right has been violated, do the laws of his country afford him a remedy?

      This is confusing to me because I don't understand how this is an opinion answered question. If something has gone wrong shouldn't there be a remedy owed?

    1. State money could not be used to actually erect or -- or operate or provide that kind of physical addition to a -- to a church or synagogue.

      It seems as if he states that the money that would be spent for the playground would not be used for any religious making. For example, if there as a grant for the playground, that grant would not be spent on building an expansion for the church.

    2. we're putting up a safer surface for when the kids play and fall,

      I believe he agrees with this decision. He believes that religion or not this is a safer surface for children to play. He believes that the religion can be separated from the playground itself.

    3. Well, how about if the school does a prayer before the children start playing?

      This makes me think that she dissented from this decision. She sees how it could be hard to draw the line between a religious activity funding area and religious activity.

    4. It's just the surface that doesn't enable any religious activity

      I'm wondering if the argument would be the same if the surface of the playground was SOMETIMES used for religious activities, would this change the argument?

    5. funding of religious activities and funding secular activities of religious organization.

      Where is the line drawn between the two? Could one argue that any religious organization may have trouble with purly secular activities?