1. The Establishment Clause is one of the freedoms dictated in the First Amendment. It guarantees the lack of an official government religion in the United States, as well as any government imposition of religion. The Lemon Test was established by the Supreme Court in 1971 to decide wether a law of government action promotes a particular religion or religious practice. If the law or action is determined to not fit the criteria laid out in the test’s three steps, it is struck down.

2. Burning the United States flag is protected by the constitution, as declared by the Supreme Court in 1989. Simply put, it is a form of symbolic speech and protest. A petition for the government to make right some internal corruption or injustice. If the person is burning the flag to incite violence against government officials, then they could be tried for incited violence. But the belief that somehow the desecration of any “venerated object” is itself unconstitutional. Peaceful protest is protected under the Constitution. Burning one’s own property peacefully and without risk to others should not be punished.

3. To “take the fifth” means to exercise one’s right against self-incrimination, which is granted in the Fifth Amendment (hence “fifth”). Every citizen, in court or in the face of law enforcement, is guaranteed to right to not give evidence that could lead to admission of guilt or responsibility for a crime.