Flag Protection Amendment

[John Dibble]

The amendment passed the House today, as expected, by a vote of 286-130. Prominent Republicans who voted against passage include David Dreier, Jeff Flake, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Kolbe, and Ron Paul.

If there's a better man in the Republican Party than Ron Paul, I've yet to hear of him.

[John Dibble]

If there's a better man in the Republican Party than Ron Paul, I've yet to hear of him.

I think that Paul is one of the most principled members of Congress. He seems to have put principle ahead of politics in some of his more courageous votes, like the vote against giving the Congressional Gold Medal to Rosa Parks on the grounds that minting the medal would be too expensive.

Well, he was once the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate - so him being principled is pretty much a given.

[John Dibble]

Ahem. Remember Badnarik's taxpayer-funded "recounts" of Ohio?

Yeah, yeah. Aren't we picky.

[John Dibble]

Try reading the amendment.

Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

The fact that Congress has the power to levy taxes, doesn't mean they have to levy every tax imaginable, and furthermore, it's desecration, not flag burning in general.

Does it matter? They shouldn't have the power in the first place.

[John Dibble]

The Congress should have the power to ban flag burning in the territories, and the states should have that power within their boundaries.

Why?


BTW - people should write their Senators telling them to vote against this crap. http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm