12-02-2016, 12:31 PM
There's a lot of disagreement among politicians, just like there is among citizens, regarding flag desecration. It's not a partisan issue. And, Hillary Clinton has always been on the hawkish side, so no surprise about the bill she sponsored a decade ago.
One vote among the Supreme Court Justices and later one vote within the Senate is all that kept flag desecration from being banned/criminalized via Constitutional Amendment or legislation.
I think conservative Supreme Court Justice Scalia and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell got it right; neither was vying to gain politically off the issue like some other politicians at the times and they instead focused on the constitutional intent.
One vote among the Supreme Court Justices and later one vote within the Senate is all that kept flag desecration from being banned/criminalized via Constitutional Amendment or legislation.
I think conservative Supreme Court Justice Scalia and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell got it right; neither was vying to gain politically off the issue like some other politicians at the times and they instead focused on the constitutional intent.