LA Times <\/i>op-ed <\/a>he wrote demonstrating why this is a bad idea.<\/p>\nTo which I’ll add that the Republic has withstood any number of threats, up to and including Civil War, and there has not been a perceived need to actually amend the First Amendment. Are things so dire now, are the internal enemies of the state so great, the feelings of our American public so fragile, that we really need to go through with this sort of thing?<\/p>\n
Never mind the dangers of giving Congress carte blanche <\/i>to define what constitutes the flag, or what constitutes “physical desecration.” Would publishing a political cartoon that has the US flag associated with a dubious activity be considered physical desecration? Would people burning pieces of paper with the letters “USA” in red, white, and blue be subject to fine and\/or imprisonment?<\/p>\n
Pardon me, while I go off into the corner to mutter annoyedly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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