Interesting thing, this flag burning amendment. I think burning the flag is stupid and dispicable; I always have. However, one of my first encounters with the First Amendment was when the president of the ACLU gave a speech on flag burning at the NYLF on Law in Washington. Prior to her speech I was a big supporter of the amendment: after all, it si common sense that the symbol of a nation that has stood so steadfastly for freedom should not have it’s most sacred national symbol defiled.

Nadine, however, proved to me that the reason the flag held such meaning was precisely the freedom (even to burn it) for which it stood. That was a n earth-shattering realization for me. GReat post. I hope this thing dies quickly.