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To: one_less who wrote (20056)	8/26/2002 5:48:04 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

"It represents the constitution on which we stand" Not necessarily. It may (at any one point in time) represent the Constitution on which the Government is NOT standing. As a matter of fact, I guarantee you that this will some day be the case...GUARANTEED.

To: one_less who wrote (20056)	8/26/2002 7:08:28 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 21057

Constiution of the United States Section. 3. Clause 1: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. That's treason. Not even close. "Enemy of the state" sounds like a charge from Soviet Russia. In this country you have to be charged with specific crimes. And burning a flag is not a crime. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that it is a form of political expression, that political expression is protected under the 1st Amendment, and that therefore it is not illegal. Making it illegal would be the same as saying that the words that come from the mouth of the person doing that burning are illegal. Gnerally they don't just burn a flag; they speak, yell, and carry banners. All of which are and were meant to be protected by the Bill of Rights.

To: one_less who wrote (20056)	8/26/2002 7:10:59 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

What do you think of this? " And be it further enacted, That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or publishing, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said government, or either house of the said Congress, or the said President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States, or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States, or any act of the President of the United States, done in pursuance of any such law, or of the powers in him vested by the constitution of the United States, or to resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years. " Good? Bad? Legal? Illegal? Constitutional?