It would be nice if the incoming preznit knew something about the U.S. Constitution and our laws.
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed violating the U.S. Constitution and a landmark Supreme Court case when he said there should be “consequences” for people who burn the American flag.
Burning the flag is completely legal in the U.S. As the Supreme Court ruled in 1989’s Texas v. Johnson, it’s protected as free speech under the First Amendment.
The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who Trump often praises, joined the majority opinion in that case.
This is the talk of a dangerous dictator, not a U.S. president. All patriots must resist him.
3 comments:
It is no surprise that Trump is not aware that flag burning is lawful. Oh well, I guess it is just the result of spending his life trying to skirt the law instead of trying to follow the law.
The Tweeter In Chief worries about flag burning. Apparently so much so that he can't be bothered with a daily intelligence briefing: we can only hope someone has
hidden the nuclear codes. We live in interesting times.
The fact that Trump is not getting daily national intelligence briefings shows either the total lack of interest in national security by Trump, or a very strong interest in national security by the intelligence community.
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