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It won't happen. But I applaud former President Carter's commitment to the issue.
I agree with Donald Trump on this. In-fact, this should be the policy in every country.
You do not like a country, do not live there. Simple.
Flag burning is not free speech. It is a hateful act of crime against hundreds of millions of Americans. The flag represents hundreds of millions of Americans citizens.
What if he is able to get 2/3rd majority for an ammendment?Wrong again. It's not a criminal act in every nation. Up until 2008, burning another nation's flag as punishable by a fine in Norway under General Civil Penal Code §95.
That law was repealed in 2008 and burning flags, even national ones is now a legal and protected form of speech.
That is true. If an amendment is brought to edit or amend the ruling by SCOTUS, then yes, flag burning can be made illegal. But Trump can't unilaterally do this and Congress doesn't have the power to start the discussion or pass the law either. In this case, even debating constitution reforms of amendments, it's the job of the United States Supreme Court, who having already ruled once in favor of flag burning as protected speech, isn't likely to take up the case again.
We have a duty to protect not only speech we find distasteful, but speech we find outrageous.
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If you challenge a person's freedom of speech, they'll challenge you right back.
A demonstrator drags a burning American flag through the streets during a march against Donald Trump in Oakland, California, on 10 November 2016. Photograph: Peter Dasilva/EPA
Granted Oakland has always been a hotbed, so perhaps it's not that uncommon or unthinkable to see the scene above played out. But it didn't happen in a vacuum and it is a protected right. If the fire spreads they can be liable as arsonists though.
would Sun Tzu be proud of you, superboy ?Free speech has limits. It is okay when directed against particular politicians in a peaceful protest. Hate speech is not okay. Flag burning which insults hundreds of millions of Americans is not okay.