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Tennessee State Rep Ask US Congress To Ignore Supreme Court Precedent And Outlaw Flag Burning

Tennessee State Rep Ask US Congress To Ignore Supreme Court Precedent And Outlaw Flag Burning

3 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201126/12423545781/tennessee-state-rep-ask-us-congress-to-ignore-supreme-court-precedent-outlaw-flag-burning.shtml

Perhaps Tennessee State Representative Jay Reedy read the electoral room wrong on November 5 and thought his boy would remain president for another four years. Maybe he was just drunk on the success of securing his state rep position in the general election after a strenuous unopposed campaign. Whatever the case, Rep. Reedy is apparently hoping Congressional reps will return to Capitol Hill refreshed and ready to violate the Constitution.

The first shot of Rep. Reedy's new term is this: a resolution urging Congress to make flag burning illegal. This is something Trump threatened to do a handful of times during campaign rallies. This is also something pretty much no one seriously thinks would have a chance of standing up to Constitutional scrutiny. Nevertheless, this resolution exists. And the best part of the resolution is it explains exactly how it will fail even as it calls for Congress to make it happen. (h/t Peter Bonilla)