The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.ĭaines isn’t alone in this stupidity. The entirety of Daines’ proposed amendment is this: the removal of Congress’ gloves, allowing it to pummel the First Amendment in this specific way: One of those is the First Amendment, which strongly protects criticism of the government, including (but not limited to) setting the Stars and Stripes on fire. Hey, Steve, the flag also represents the ideals of this country and the freedoms the government considers to be inalienable. We must always protect and respect the American flag,” he added. “The Stars and Stripes are a representation of freedom. It represents the ideals that our nation was built upon and for decades, brave men and women have carried its colors into battle to defend the United States of America,” the Montana senator said in a statement released on Flag Day. “The American flag is a symbol of liberty and a beacon of hope. Steve Daines (Mont.) on Monday reintroduced a constitutional amendment to bar the “physical desecration of the American flag.” Two years have passed and Daines is trying it again. It’s something he’s wanted to do for several years now.ĭaines first raised this idea in 2017.
Daines wants to amend the Constitution to make flag burning illegal. Johnson decision makes it pretty much impossible for flag burning bans to ever be considered constitutional.īut what if the Constitution could be changed? That’s Montana Senator Steve Daine’s idea.
That hasn’t stopped a bunch of legislators from trying to make flag burning a crime. This used to be a crime, but the Supreme Court said desecrating the flag was actually a form of criticism - one fully protected by the First Amendment. There’s a lot of stuff certain politicians ( including our former president!) and their supporters think should be criminal acts, but keep running head-on into the Constitution and its protection of speech.Īt the top of this list is flag burning. Our online platform, Wiley Online Library () is one of the world’s most extensive multidisciplinary collections of online resources, covering life, health, social and physical sciences, and humanities.Far too many government officials think it would be a good idea to lock up people for exercising their First Amendment rights. With a growing open access offering, Wiley is committed to the widest possible dissemination of and access to the content we publish and supports all sustainable models of access. Wiley has partnerships with many of the world’s leading societies and publishes over 1,500 peer-reviewed journals and 1,500+ new books annually in print and online, as well as databases, major reference works and laboratory protocols in STMS subjects. Wiley has published the works of more than 450 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace. has been a valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations.
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