7 All patients had negative serum tests for infectious, metabolic, autoimmune, or hereditary liver disease; no history of alcohol or hepatotoxic drug use; and no signs of chronic liver disease.
In 1968, Congress approved the Federal Flag Desecration Law after a Vietnam War protest. The law made it illegal to âknowinglyâ cast âcontemptâ upon âany flag of the United States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning or trampling upon it.â.
On the surface, these state laws would seem to conflict with the U.S. Supreme Courtâs 5-4 decision in Texas v. Johnson, the controversial 1989 case that upheld burning the American flag as an act of protected free speech under the First Amendment.