The arrested man identified himself as a combat veteran and said he was burning the American flag in protest of an executive order Trump signed Monday targeting flag burning.
The arrested man identified himself as a combat veteran and said he was burning the American flag in protest of an executive order Trump signed Monday targeting flag burning.
Congress can’t do that without a 3/4 majority of states also agreeing. It would require a constitutional amendment altering the first amendment. Which is an extra big deal as nobody serious would think to propose altering the bill of rights, it used to be sacred. Mind you the government didn’t follow it ever really, but thats what happens to sacred things
The other option is that the supreme court undoes a prior decision, like they did to roe v. wade. Texas v. Johnson was only a 5-4 decision (To be clear, I think this would be awful as well, but it is likely how the admin plans to enforce this, assuming they have a plan).
Which is why legal precedent is not law. I’m waiting on Brown v board of education to be overturned based on how they’re acting.
They’ve already weakened the public school system to the point where the only chances my daughter may get a decent education is if we go private or heavily supplement the public education and I prepare to have many parent/teacher conversations about her being “disruptive” and “undermining authority”.