- The “Establishment Clause” and the related “Lemon Test” are both parts of the first amendment. The lemon test was creamy later then the establishment clause to make sure that laws or practices don’t violate the First Amendment clause that prohibited government from establishment of religion. This leads us back to the Establishment Clause. It forbids any sponsored religion by the government. restricting all the governments from promoting or establish one religion above others.
- Regarding to the relevant court case discussed in the reading although burning the flag can be seen as a call for height or incite violence. We have seen with Johnson case that the court held that flag burning constitutes a form of “symbolic speech” that is protected by the First Amendment. Meaning that you can only burn your own flag to protest, but it is prohibited to destroy someone else’s since it is not your property.
- when someone is pleading the 5th, it means that this person is using their Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination. It allows you to refuse to answer questions and maintain silent in order to protect you against self-incrimination.
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