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Offended or no?

Does this picture offend you?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • No

    Votes: 72 98.6%

  • Total voters
    73
It's not law in this country....


"...The flag of the United States is sometimes symbolically burned, often in protest of the policies of the American government, both within the country and abroad. The United States Supreme Court in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), and reaffirmed in U.S. v. Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990), has ruled that due to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, it is unconstitutional for a government (whether federal, state, or municipality) to prohibit the desecration of a flag, due to its status as "symbolic speech." However, content-neutral restrictions may still be imposed to regulate the time, place, and manner of such expression...."

Flag desecration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes is it law, public law 77-623(4 U.S.C.§ 1*et seq), It has never and will never be enforced which is why it gets to stay on the books
 
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Yes is it law, public law 77-623, it has never and will never be enforced which is why it gets to stay on the books

An unenforceable law is really not much of a law, is it?
 
Yes is it law, public law 77-623(4 U.S.C.§ 1*et seq), It has never and will never be enforced which is why it gets to stay on the books
Since it would require another bill to remove an unconstitutional law from the books, lawmakers don't bother...... but penalties for not complying with the law were struck down as unconstitutional by the SCOTUS....which essentially neutered the bill as unenforceable....and since unenforceable laws are themselves unconstitutional, that makes it a double whammy against the flag code.

"...Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states...."
Texas v. Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Since it would require another bill to remove an unconstitutional law from the books, lawmakers don't bother...... but penalties for not complying with the law were struck down as unconstitutional by the SCOTUS....which essentially neutered the bill as unenforceable....and since unenforceable laws are themselves unconstitutional, that makes it a double whammy against the flag code.

"...Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states...."
Texas v. Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Usually, laws are removed from the books by having them challenged in a court of law, but in order to do so, someone actually has to be charged under the law. Since no one is ever charged, the laws are never removed. That's why we still have laws about people having to run ahead of automobiles with a lantern and silly things like that. A law that is never used is effectively no different from a law that doesn't exist.
 
Since it would require another bill to remove an unconstitutional law from the books, lawmakers don't bother...... but penalties for not complying with the law were struck down as unconstitutional by the SCOTUS....which essentially neutered the bill as unenforceable....and since unenforceable laws are themselves unconstitutional, that makes it a double whammy against the flag code.

"...Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states...."
Texas v. Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Flag Code itself has never had any penalties associated with it in The U.S. Code. So, at the Federal level, there has never been any question of enforcement. What you're referring to in Texas v Johnson are State anti-desecration laws, not the Federal flag code.

So, no, the Flag Code has never been ruled unconstitutional nor unenforceable (which would be pointless since there are no penalties to enforce)
 
Photo of baby in American flag shrouded in controversy


Is this photo considered offensive to you?

Clearly, it violates US Flag Code, but does it bother you that it does?


(if this has already been mentioned somewhere else on the board, you can merge the topics, but I couldn't find it)




It's fine. Looks to me like someone is proud of both their baby and their country, and I find that very hard to criticize.
 
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