1) The primary component of the First Amendment is the Establishment Clause, ensuring our freedom from state-sponsored religion by prohibiting the government from endorsing, promoting, or showing preference for any particular faith.

2) Affirmative, the act of incinerating the flag is within constitutional bounds and safeguarded by the freedom of symbolic expression, a fundamental liberty under the First Amendment. This was affirmed in the 1984 legal case Texas v. Johnson, where an individual faced charges for burning the American flag, and the Supreme Court upheld the act as protected speech.

3) “Exercising the privilege against self-incrimination,” a right enshrined in the Fifth Amendment, grants individuals the option to refrain from providing potentially incriminating information, commonly known as the right to silence.