Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:19:39 -0500 (EST)
From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us>
Subject: Re: Anti-Flag Desacration Act




On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Jerald Hellemeyer wrote:

> Actually, they are not just trying to make flag burning illegal (which 
> they cannot do as per the supreme court ruling).  What they are trying 
> to do is amend the U$ constitution thus making the supreme court 
> decision invalid.  At that point they could reinstate the anti-flag 
> burning law.  However, amending the constitution is no easy task.  First 
> congress has to pass the amendment by a 2/3 vote.  Then it has to go to 
> the state legislatures for ratification.  3/4 of the states must ratify 
> the amendment for it to go into effect.  It is a very long process.

It'll happen in an eyewink; it's too easy to vote for this one.  This will
be a very good example of the fallacy of "rights."  People here on the
-AT--list and other lefty places keep referring to our natural or innate
"rights" to do things.  What I've been telling people for most of my life
is that "rights" as we know them are things parceled out to us by the
state. And if they can pass them out, they can take them back.

If you can't defend it, you ain't got a 'right" to it.



carp