STATUTES CITED

  U.S. CONST. amend. I,
  in relevant part:
Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech . . .


  U.S. CONST. amend. XIV, § 1,
  in relevant part:
No State shall . . . deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. . . .


  TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 42.09,
  in relevant part:
Desecration of a Venerated Object
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly desecrates:
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(3) a state or national flag.
  (b) For purposes of this section, "desecrate" means deface, damage, or otherwise physically mistreat in a way that the actor knows will seriously offend one or more persons likely to observe or discover his action.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.


  18 U. S. C. § 700(a)
"Whoever knowingly casts contempt upon any flag of the United States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon it shall be fined not more than $ 1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both."

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