[EvilOverlord]

I am just pointing out that this flag burning stuff has nothing to do with the Constitution and can be handed by a good law and good justices in the SCOTUS.

Let me phrase it this way:

The purpose of the Constitution is to define the form and operation of our government, and to define limits to the powers of that government.

It is NOT a criminal code.

Flag burning, to me, belongs in the criminal code, not in the document that defines the shape of our government.

It's up to the Congress and the judicial branch to determine if a law against flag burning is within the powers of the government, but I would NOT amend the constitution to give the government a new power like this one where none existed before.

[bnelson44]

I agree with you. However, we now have in impass between two branches and we need to find a solution. My solution is to get better justices on the SCOTUS.

[Cobra64]

Flag burning, to me, belongs in the criminal code, not in the document that defines the shape of our government.

It's up to the Congress and the judicial branch to determine if a law against flag burning is within the powers of the government, but I would NOT amend the constitution to give the government a new power like this one where none existed before.

Bingo! Well put.