It is not itself speech, but a symbol, just like the flag itself is a symbol. Flag Burning is not a nuanced form of expression, providing different messages, but a one message act of protest. It does not express a particular idea, other than, perhaps, the single one of the resentment and contempt. The suppression of flag burning is not an attempt to suppress anyone’s views on abortion or warfare or any other issue. It refers solely to the way the one note message is delivered, not to the substance of the protest.
September 11, 2001 was one of the most horrific and historic events of all time. It has made the American citizens stereotype Muslims and those Arabs who appear to be Muslims in America. Those innocent Arabs are being “punished” because of the terrorist groups that are against America and what we stand for. In America, they are no longer looked at the same way; they are all looked at like terrorists and horrible people. The events of 9/11 have created hatred, fear, discrimination and Americans have begun racial profiling because of the Arabs who participated in the attacks.
Desecration of the American Flag….. REALLY!! I am an American Veteran and I am strongly against the desecration of the American Flag. I will try not to be biased as I write this paper to show both sides of the argument. I will admit that will be a little hard but I think I can do it.
Then the symbol of your country can’t just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then, you can stand up and sing about the ‘land of the free’.” The quote basically states that freedom of speech is actually being able to burn the American flag without being arrested. Secondly, flag desecration is protected under the First Amendment. The First Amendment reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Would Gun Prohibition Really Work In America? How do we answer the never ending question of whether firearms should be banned in the United States? Whether we should be allowed to own guns and how much power the government has to give us the right or not, is a core and extremely diverse topic in American Politics today. I feel that stricter laws should be made to control gun related crimes instead of banning the right to own a gun altogether. One side to this ongoing argument is that all guns in the United States need to be banned.
It is a wide held belief that this symbol is beyond the reaches of civil protest and should be worshipped like a deity. The United States Supreme Court has ruled differently about this and the next three court cases will explain why. The first court case that will be discussed is Street v. New York. In 1968 the Supreme Court heard a case in which the defendant, Sydney Street was so outraged over the attempted murder of a civil rights leader, James Meredith and the lack of police investigation of the crime; he burned an American flag in protest and stated “"Yes; that is my flag; I burned it. If they let that happen to Meredith, we don't need an American flag (Street, 2013).” It was against the law in New York to desecrate or speak against the flag; he was arrested, charged, and convicted.
Analysis On Bilingual Ballots George Wills’ “Bilingual Ballots Mock Our System” first appeared in a news article from The Washington Post. In this essay, Wills’ aims to state his opinion as to why bilingual ballots should be prohibited and done away with. He intends to persuade the reader that the United States rules of law and that our countries national identity is becoming “attenuated” by illegal immigration. That these bilingual ballots are bypassing our federal laws and in a way, these ballots are influencing illegal immigration. Wills’ claims that the federal government's chief law enforcement official might need a refresher course on federal law pertaining to legal immigrants.
Then are those who hate guns, are terrified of guns, and think guns should all be illegal. All the original amendment rights have been altered in some way since they were first derived in the late 1700’s. Gun control is a touchy subject in America. Several years ago a shooting took place at Virginia Tech killing 32 people. This kind of violence allowed many questions to arise about what could have been done to avoid the shootings.
Attempts to show the social control of political protest in the United States, and takes an in-depth examination of flag desecration and efforts to criminalize that particular form of dissent. Raskin, Jamin. Overruling Democracy. UK: Routledge, 2003 This book contains information about how the Supreme Court handles social issues such as flag burning, and where public society contradicts itself in cases like flag burning. Apel, Warren.
25-1 & 25-3 Jessenia Aguilar When it comes to a dark or sad background I believe that every country has experienced this at least once. In fact the United States had an event that occurred that will forever “live in infamy” in the eyes of the American people. The reason I say this is because America was never forewarned and able to alert its forces in time, so the attack came with no warning, thereby being declared a sneak attack. Having had a sneak attack launched against us the President FDR declared it was an infamous act. This event caused “over, 2,388 U.S. sailors, soldiers, and civilians to die.” Another event that was very tragic in history took place in Germany it was something called “The Holocaust” a time were Jews were being massacred by the Nazi due to