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Flag burning made it to SCOTUS too, and was a 5-4 decision as well.
by mannerheim 4y ago
Flag burning made it to SCOTUS too, and was a 5-4 decision as well.
- alistairSH 4y agoAnd there were reasonable arguments on both sides. And there were 2 dissents and 1 concurrence filed, so even within the Court, there were different interpretations, even among Justices who agreed (on each side).
- mannerheim 4y agoNo, I don't believe any argument that burning a flag isn't protected speech is reasonable.
- Spivak 4y agoWell then you have 4 supreme court justices you need to argue with. What is the law of the land and what is moral don't always line up. All we get is the hope that our system tends toward morality over time.
- mannerheim 4y agoI don't need to argue with them because flag burning is already protected speech and the justices are all dead by now.
- alistairSH 4y agoNearly 40 years later, it may seem to be a settled question. But then we have Roe, which was settled, until it wasn't.