Does the burning flag speak...what language?
President Trump will sign an Executive Order mandating prosecution for those who desecrate or burn the American Flag
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Do you still sleep with a picture of the sissy boy on your dresser?
BartenderElite
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It is recognized as a form of speech - it is protest.
Many in this same SCOTUS recognize money as speech. That doesn't have a language.
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the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of spoken language:
That was a dumb response. Are you OK?
BartenderElite
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Oh, dear - you don't seem to understand some of the non-verbal expression that the courts & country have recognized as speech for centuries.
BartenderElite
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Yep - a more oppressive government that doesn't respect our Constitution.
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There is no enumerated Constitutional right to burn the flag, just like abortion.
Just like gay marriage.
Your side lost the abortion issue, you may…and should lose this one.
Libhater
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And every lefty that does burn the American flag, and are caught doing it, will spend 1 year in prison.
BartenderElite
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It's speech.
Where is your picture of the sissy boy…the one on your nightstand?
His hair turns you on.
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Libhater
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Burning the American flag is just considered speech to you? Trump said that people (liberals) toppling our
historic statues, if caught will do 10 years in prison. Does the toppling and or desecrating historic statues
sound like It's just speech to you, without the lefty doing the toppling/desecrating spending 10 years in jail?
Respect our historical statues, our flag or spend time in Stony Lonesome.
Thank you, President Trump.
BartenderElite
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So, constitutionally speaking - is it your contention that speech is only verbal? That there are absolutely no forms of non-verbal expression that are protected under the 1st amendment?
T. A. Gardner
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Well, that'll go nowhere. The courts and law already protect doing so as First Amendment protected speech. There might be exceptions to that, but they're going to be very specific and scarce.President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday cracking down on suspects who desecrate the American flag, including burning it, by mandating they face prosecution, Fox News Digital exclusively learned.
"The American flag is the most sacred and cherished symbol of the United States of America, and desecrating it is uniquely and inherently offensive and provocative. It is a statement of contempt and hostility toward our Nation, and an act used by groups of foreign nationals calculated to intimidate and threaten violence against Americans," a fact sheet on the order provided to Fox News Digital reads.
The executive order will direct the attorney general to prosecute those who violate laws "in ways that involve desecrating the flag," and to pursue litigation that would clarify the scope of the First Amendment as it relates to flag desecration. The order additionally directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to refer flag desecration cases that violate state and local laws to appropriate local authorities.
The American flag has been desecrated by protesters in recent months, as captured in video footage, most notably during anti-Israel protests that rocked U.S. cities and college campuses under the Biden administration and during Trump administration ICE raids to remove illegal aliens from the nation.
Trump to crack down on flag burning, desecration with executive order
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Aug. 21 cracking down on those who desecrate the American flag, including protesters who have burned Old Glory.www.foxnews.com
It’s my contention that the American flag is special, like our historical statues.