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Originally Posted by smack
if it does pass, hopefully the supreme court will quickly strike it down.
i just don't understand trying to legislate things like this. the freedom that the flag represents, for better or worse, is the freedom to burn it. i don't agree with flag burning, i think it is a silly inflamitory thing that people who have weak issues use to get attention, but there should be nothing illegal about using that to express your opinion.
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To the best of my knowledge the Supreme Court cannot stike down a constitutional ammendment. They can stike down parts of...or all of...a law that is passed by congress if they interpret the law as being in violation of the constitution...but a constitutional ammemdment is not a law...it becomes a part of the constitution...thus the Court has to abide by the constitution.
I do not personally care if it becomes an ammendment or not...but I do no that no one will ever burn the flag/desecrate as "political expression" in my presence without rendering me to disabled to prevent the burning/descration.
I will suggest to you that the majority of Americans feel as I do.