Posted on 11/01/2022 5:43:25 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
What authority does a state governor have to lower US flags?
I verified this wasn’t a mistake in reporting because I see the flags every morning driving into work!
How can he do this? Lower the national flag?
I have HUGE problems with the proliferation of flag-lowering in this country since 9/11 seemed to open the floodgates. (My work makes me realize how ludicrous this has become.)
To me, though, this is beyond the pale and outside his authority!
What say you?
His order will only apply to state buildings — all others will be optional.
It’s only an “order” if there’s a penalty for failure to comply.
State laws might be different.
i think joisey lowered it for a female druggy singer...
I am sick and tired of seeing the flag lowered. It seems like it is down more than up these days. Stuff is going to happen. There are many crazies in the world today and we shouldn’t lower the flag every time one of them goes off.
They also did it for a saxophone player, of all things.
Our flag is dictated by protocol and honorary custom.
If you look up "flag protocol" or "flag customs", you'll find directions about how to, or in which way, but there are no orders per se'.
We citizens f'rinstance, can lower a flag to half staff when we learn of our military childs' death.
People may ask us why, and we will explain, and no "law" was violated, NOR any protocol broken.
They should have been lowered in January 2021 and remained there to this day. But that’s just me.
Considering recent precedents, it should've also been lowered for Grover Washington, Jr's passing.
:-)
WAY more so than Clarence Clemons.
Amen !
In response to inquiries we have received, the Office of the Secretary of State would like to explain the recent implementation of Public Law 110-41 [2007]. This federal law authorizes the Governor of a State to order that the U.S. flag be flown at half staff in the event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces from that State who dies while serving on active duty. To further honor the sacrifice of this individual, the Governor has ordered both the United States Flag and the Maryland State Flag flown at half staff.
https://sos.maryland.gov/Pages/Services/Flag-Status.aspx
The relevant federal law is at Title 4, Section 7(m).
Additionally, “The flag shall be flown at half-staff . . . from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress.”
I mean, I certainly support first responders and veterans, but this isn’t appropriate.
Well...yes...seems US flag is lowered most of the time in Oregon...When I see it I think of it as a sign of the dying of freedom, and America.
Didn’t Obama also do it for Whitney Houston?
I think that’s what post #5 was asking.
Our RINO Governor in Indiana does this quite frequently. I comment about it but, seem to be the only one bothered by it.
Minnesota Governor Walz (D) recently made a similar decree for half staff flags to honor deceased first responders. I think the half staff flag thing has been so overused that it is no longer the special honor it was meant to be. I see half staff flags all the time and have no idea who is being “honored”. It was the rarity of the half staff flag honor that made it special. Let’s just limit the half staff flag to honor deceased US veterans and for the death of a President.
Exactly!
We look like we are constantly cowering and broken.
The RULE was supposed to be it only lowers for HEADS OF STATE.
I totally understand 9/11 as that was major event and an attack, but ever since it’s every Tom Dick & Harry has flags lowered for them. I’m sorry, a fireman tragically losing his life in a random fire does not deserve US flag OR state flag lowered! Ridiculous!
It’s so aggravating driving into work where all our flags are prominent, and see them all lowered, etc.
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