From: Jerald Hellemeyer <bippie-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Flag Burning/Desecration Amendment
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 18:36:29 CDT




>When I took American Government my freshman year in College, the topic of
>flag burning came up. Basically we discussed proposed amendments under the
>Bush administration. From what I understand, congress and the states can 
>pass
>anti-flag burning legislation until they are blue in the face and it still
>wont do any good. The Supreme Court has the absolute final authority on the
>issue. So as long as the Supreme Court is willing to overturn
>unconstitutional laws, we're ok.


Yes, but they are trying to amend the constitution itself thus making it 
constitutional.  They aren't just trying to pass a law here.  If 3/4 of the 
states approve it, it will become a part of the constitution.  And if it 
becomes a part of the constitution, the supreme court can hardly call it 
"unconstituional."

However, I think it will be a hard sell.  There only needs to be 13 states 
that oppose it.  And amending the constitution isn't very common.  It has 
only been done 17 times since the first 10 amendments (the bill of rights) 
were ratified in 1791.

Jerald


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