Posted on 11/29/2016 12:18:20 PM PST by yoe
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened loss of citizenship or jail for those who burn the American flag, saying such protests — which the Supreme Court has declared to be free speech — should carry “consequences.”
Trump offered his thoughts in an early-morning post on Twitter, saying, “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag.”
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That man is still POTUS.....the Trump change is going to be deliciously American.
Funny, the same lefties whining about this would prosecute someone who burned a rainbow flag as a “hate crime.”
I disagree with trump on this issue, as does the USSC.
However, I would make it crime for a non-citizen to desecrate the flag.
Trump is probably joking about making flag burning a crime.
It would be an asinine idea.
Trump
Total free speech. Burn a Mexican flag.
“Flag burning should be illegal,”
I agree
and it’s protection , by patriots who happen to be standing by , should not be prosecutable under assault statutes
very dumb tweet if true
court already ruled this is protected free speech
all Trump did here was to invite massive shows of disrespect to the flag and to himself
Is this the top of the food chain for national priorities and world problems?
....hear those coconuts banging?...libtards heads hitting the ground
SCOTUS has been wrong, from time to time.
This was the actual position of one Hillary Rotten Criminal (may have misspelled her name) in 2006.
Trump is merely parroting what Hillary said in the Senate. He's going to let these media clowns moan and groan for a day or two and then ask why they didn't get all worked up when Hillary first proposed it.
I think if someone is here illegally, they should be deported regardless.
If someone is here on a visa or a refugee, and they burn the flag, I have not a shred of conscience about deporting them, no questions asked.
That is a different matter. They don’t fall under the protections of our laws as they are not citizens.
Although America is certainly the land of the free, it is a crime to burn a nation’s flag in nearly every country in the world.
Here’s a short list of the penalties in about 45 nations:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_desecration
Wow. Excellent observation. We need to be shouting nuggets of truth like that from the rooftops.
Great point.
The founders never intended for USSC to be the final 7 -9-13 men in robes to be the final end all be all arbiters on all matters constitution. We’ve allowed them a much broader power than what was ever intended.
We all have to understand that the Justices are human beings, therefore their reasonings and rulings are not necessarily sacrosanct. The USSC has made many, dare I say it, stupid rulings.
Furthermore, the Congress and Presidencies have, over the decades, negated their duties as a check and balance regarding the USSC.
Perhaps it would do good to read what the founders said about infallible judges and the SC.
I really don’t think it’s a good idea to let people who hate the country run amok and spread their ideology to others.
It’s real damn easy to turn young people against their country.
I also don’t think we should continue to allow universities to purposely manufacture complete sh!theads as a matter of course.
I’d rather they be shut down if that’s what they are going to do.
They aren’t doing anyone any favors at all.
So why do we allow them to exist?
If you don’t like America, then GTFO.
That’s how I feel about it.
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