Flag Desecration Amendment The First Amendment of The United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference. Freedom of expression consists of the rights to freedom of speech, press, assembly, and the implied rights of association and belief. The right to freedom of expression allows individuals to express themselves without interference or constraint by the government. The Flag Desecration Amendment is a proposed constitutional
necessarily illegal. One of those things being burning the American Flag. There aren’t any written laws against flag desecration, and it should stay that way. First of all, burning the flag is a means of free speech. Freedom of Speech is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas using one's body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. In a 1995 movie, fictional president Andrew Sheperd said, “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make
“Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” (First Amendment, U.S. Constitution). The Constitution’s framers believed that freedom of inquiry and liberty to exercise self-expression were the hallmarks of a democratic society. The First Amendment exists precisely to protect the most offensive and controversial speech from government suppression. Throughout history the
Desecration of the Flag Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that the desecration of our flag is an act that should be made illegal and propose a policy to ensure this. Thesis: The burning and desecration of our American Flag is an insult and offence to all Americans and we need to pass a constitutional amendment to illegalize flag desecration. Pattern of Organization: Problem/Solution Introduction I. [Attention Getter] What is the one way to offend 308 million people in one
Burning of the United States Flag Picture in your mind an image of America. The amounts of images are limitless, but in just about every picture there, either in the foreground or background, would be the American flag, waving proudly perched atop a flag-pole. Never in any imagined picture would there be an American flag being desecrated. Yet time and time again, we see hundreds of protesters burning the American flag, expressing in their own way, freedom of speech. Is it really freedom of
Procedural History: Defendant Johnson was convicted for burning the American flag. His attorney successfully appealed the trial court decision to the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals. The State of Texas, thereafter appealed the Court of Appeals decision to the United States Supreme Court. The Court agreed with the Texas Court of Appeals. Facts: People protested the 1984 Republican Convention. One of the protestors took an American flag off a pole and gave it to another protestor. The second
Burn my Flag, Symbolic Speech Protected Kevin Halstead HIS 301 March 20 2013 Bretton Barber Burn my Flag, Symbolic Speech Protected It is a rectangular piece of material, usually cloth or nylon; its colors are red, white, and blue. It is adorned with 50 stars to represent its 50 states. It has 13 stripes, seven are red, and six are white. These stripes represent the original colonies where the country was born. It even has its own code or federal law on its use and destruction when it
Flag burning? It doesn't seem like a crime right?...... Wrong! It is. I consider it as a crime. Of course, it is not such a big terrible crime as assassination or terrorism, for instance. Yes, we all know that it is just a piece of cloth. The thing that makes it so special though is that, this piece of cloth is something that our ancestors, the soldiers of the country stood for and had protected. The National Flag is a symbol of unification, freedom and history of the particular country. The
Running Head: FLAG BURNING IS A PROTECTED RIGHT Flag Burning is a Protected Right by: Lawrence Williams HIS 303 – The American Constitution Professor: Mohamad A Khatibloo The United States flag is one of the nation’s most widely recognized symbols. Is it possible for a person to be prosecuted [The passive voice is a form of "be" and a participle (prosecuted). Over-use of the passive voice can make paragraphs tedious to read and officious. Try to use the active voice most
SOME OF THE MAJOR CONCEPTS OF THE CHAPTER. The Positivist Theory In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a statute prohibiting the burning of the national flag violated the right of free speech if the act was done as a form of expression of political beliefs. Although many people felt this holding was wrong and that it should be illegal to desecrate the flag, the Constitution gives the Supreme Court the ultimate power to protect what it interprets to be constitutional guarantees. This is an example