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House passes flag-burning amendment.
I am as patriotic as anyone--I literally clutched flags after 9/11 as a security blanket, and still have them all over my apartment. I love the American flag, and I don't want to see it burned. But this is ridiculous. The flag is a symbol--it is not the real thing. "...They accused detractors of being out of touch with public sentiment"--how is that relevant? Public sentiment is now the trump card in amending the Constitution? If that were the case, why the hell did they pass Prohibition? Isn't the Constitution supposed to give us freedoms--not take them away? Isn't that why Prohibition failed?
(Can the Supreme Court shoot down an Amendment? I dunno--I think only the legislative branch can overturn it, by repealing it.)
Aaaaaugh! I hate these people! This is ridiculous!
I am as patriotic as anyone--I literally clutched flags after 9/11 as a security blanket, and still have them all over my apartment. I love the American flag, and I don't want to see it burned. But this is ridiculous. The flag is a symbol--it is not the real thing. "...They accused detractors of being out of touch with public sentiment"--how is that relevant? Public sentiment is now the trump card in amending the Constitution? If that were the case, why the hell did they pass Prohibition? Isn't the Constitution supposed to give us freedoms--not take them away? Isn't that why Prohibition failed?
(Can the Supreme Court shoot down an Amendment? I dunno--I think only the legislative branch can overturn it, by repealing it.)
Aaaaaugh! I hate these people! This is ridiculous!
