Trump tweets flag burning should be outlawed

[Jacque67 7,328]

be a crime, President-elect Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning, punishable by a forfeiture of U.S. citizenship or a year in jail.

Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! Trump wrote in a post to his social media account.

Laws prohibiting the burning or desecration of the American flag have been struck down by the Supreme Court, most recently in 1989 and 1990, because they were found to have violated the First Amendment of the Constitution, which protects freedom of speech.

In its 1989 ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the right of protests to burn the flag in a 5-4 decision, with Justice Antonin Scalia siding with the protesters. He later said he based his ruling on a textural reading of the Constitution, according to the Constitution Center blog.

If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag, Scalia said in 2015 in Philadelphia. But I am not king.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-flag-burning-231920

[Jacque67 7,328]

A loss of citizenship equals one year in jail?

100%!

[smilesammich 10,727]

seems real important, glad king trump is going to clear that up.

have you checked out the king's palace in florida? nice diggs eh? royalty and gratuitous wealth are so cute.

A loss of citizenship equals one year in jail?
100%!

loss of citizenship! now this sounds exciting. where are we going to deport the uncitizenized???? hopefully an island. with an abandoned theme park.

[Jacque67 7,328]

[smilesammich 10,727]

i'm all out of ones snowflake sad.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! Trump wrote in a post to his social media account.

Statements like this should give anyone that voted for Trump reason to think about the silliness we are in store for. Loss of citizenship? Just how does that work exactly?

[Jacque67 7,328]

His only friend

[smilesammich 10,727]

Statements like this should give anyone that voted for Trump reason to think about the silliness we are in store for. Loss of citizenship? Just how does that work exactly?

see, this is how things like australia get started. and mad max..

[Teddy B 17,252]

see, this is how things like australia get started. and mad max..

I heard Mel Gibson was on the short list for mental health czar.

[smilesammich 10,727]

I heard Mel Gibson was on the short list for mental health czar.

and i don't even know if you're joking.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I heard Mel Gibson was on the short list for mental health czar.

You just wrong for that one

[Teddy B 17,252]

and i don't even know if you're joking.

That's the beauty of the upcoming Trump presidency, no one knows what will happen from one minute to the next, including Trump.

[yuna628 9,758]

We can only hope that this Christmas season, Trumplekin will be visited by three ghosts, and one of them will be Scalia with a severely disapproving look to tell him how it is. He may not have liked people doing such an action, but he defended their right to do so.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

ahh the sainted Scalia. the RNC treated him aasand Reagan like Jesus and God.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I apologize for going back on topic this far into a thread. I know its bad form.

In respect to flag burning. Its totally disrespectful, I find it appalling that someone could partake of the great bounties of this country and be a scum bag enough to do it.

Illegal--- NO

Freedom makes America great

Larry Flynt once said-- If the constitution can protect a scum bag like me it can protect everyone. (or words to that effect )