I never said that it didn't count or that it could be ignored. But the circuit court is not the final authority on what is constitutional or what is not, the Supreme Court is.
During the ACW, Congress curtailed the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in order to prevent them from passing on the constitutionality of the legislation.
The Congress is continuously trying to limit the court's jurisdiction. Their latest attempts, if I recall, was preventing the court from ruling on flag burning issues. So congressional attempts during the Civil War to limit the court wasn't new and it wasn't the last time.
The rebel battle emblem will not appear on any Georgia state flag in the forseeable future.
Walt