1. What was the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Gregory Lee Johnson, and what did it mean for the legality of flag burning?

The Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Gregory Lee Johnson was that flag burning constitutes a form of symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment. This ruling was made in the 1989 case Texas v. Johnson. The decision meant that the government cannot prohibit the burning of the American flag as a form of political protest, as it is considered a protected form of free speech under the First Amendment.