would provide for banning flag desecration. Each time, however, the Supreme Court ruled that this act was protected by the First Amendment freedom of speech rights. The debate over this topic continues, with both sides arguing for "the good of the country." In a 1943 landmark Supreme Court case, Justice Robert H. Jackson wrote, "The freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much" (qtd. in Jacoby el al. 20). This concept can be applied in the debate on whether to amend the
The Debate Continues: Is Flag Burning Protected by the First Amendment? Adriana Ramirez First Amendment Dr. Helen Boutrous December 8, 2016 Mount Saint Mary’s University The First Amendment says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. This freedom of speech
The Confederate flag has been a negative symbol in American society since the 1800’s. It has been only recently that the Confederate flag has been brought back to life as a contemporary issue. In recent times the flag has been used as a motivation for racial strikes and other rebellious acts bring the issues of the flag and the controversy behind it back to life. The major questions I seek to answer in this essay is why the controversy of the Confederate flag only been brought back up recently and
In my paper I will be discussing the Confederate Flag and its controversy in history and in todays views. The Confederate flag has been a negative symbol in American society since the 1800’s. It has been only recently that the Confederate flag has been brought back to life as a contemporary issue. In recent times the flag has been used as a motivation for racial strikes and other rebellious acts bring the issues of the flag and the controversy behind it back to life. The major questions I seek to
where and what will be said. These days it is not uncommon to see even the most obscure hate group make a public relations- style press release months in advance. Other issues that often get associated with these laws are that of flag burning, and cross burning. "Symbolic expression" is a phrase often used to describe expression that is mixed with elements of conduct, and pose the question can an action be hate speech? The Supreme Court has made clear in a series of cases that symbolic expression
Another avenue of views about the controversy that the Confederate flag fuels racism or gives our impressionable young men and women an avenue to racism tendencies comes from our political parties and the platforms that they adopt. Democrat and Republican Party do have different views of this controversy. As in every issue there will always be conflicting numbers that make no sense, but it seems that the Democratic Party view of the controversy had the biggest swing in recent months. In gallop
formulation and implementation of an acceptable balance between order and liberty. The design of public policy adopts a model that can undergo frequent adjustments to serve the role of embodying the necessary balance. Some of the most controversial public debates revolve around the role of the government in undertaking measures to respond to various issues. Answering of such questions has a direct impact on the capacity to attain an adequate balance between order and liberty in the political setting. At the
not an easy task to have. Right after the explosion, he ordered that flags be flown at half staff in memory of those aboard the ship (Werfelmen). Reagan made a State of the Union speech to mourn the loss of those aboard the Challenger. In his speech, he ensured that the space program would not stop here. He talked about how the Challenger crew was pulling the United States into the future and that this pull would still continue on one way or another. The day Reagan made this speech, he was supposed
recently, certain articles have been the source of controversy. A notable example being the 2nd amendment, the “right of the people to keep and bear arms” to enable citizens to defend themselves from an autocratic ruler. This is a source of national debate, events such as the Sandy Hook massacre have led gun control campaigners to demand laws passed to make the supply of guns much tougher. But, opposition in the form of Republicans, see it as a violation to the 2nd amendment. Unlike the rest of the
There is a big difference between protected speech and unprotected speech that one needs to understand when talking arguing about this topic. Protected speech is any form of speech that does not harm anyone directly. For example, the burning of an American flag in a public place could be seen has a heavily offensive belief but it does not consider a speech that is unprotected by the law. Unprotected speech has been identified into 9 different kinds. They included fighting words, perjury, and