The GOP in Congress wants to limit the freedom of expression enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution by passing an amendment to allow the federal government and the states to make desecration of the flag a crime.
Motivation aside, the amendment is flawed in far too many ways to count. Suffice to say that, in their zeal to prevent flag desecration, the GOP will be desecrating the Constitution.
Here is a good piece from today’s Washington Post.
The South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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