Resolved, that desecration of the American flag should be illegal.

I appoligizes for replying so late as I have been having some personal issues (see other debate's comments section)I also appologize as I have to make this a quick round and may not get to everything, but without further ado let's move on to the debate.I do respect one's idea and right to the freedom of speech I would like to point out that the Supreme Court's actions on the Act is something of an attrocity and in this debate I will prove why. P1.The Government should only act to enforce the imperatives of Perfect Duties. P2.Universal health care does not meet the standard of a Perfect Duty. C1: Thus, the Government should not act to enforce universal health care. ""Kant's first formulation of the CI states that you are to “act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it become a universal law... Perfect duties come in the form ‘One mustnever (or always) φ to the fullest extent possible in C’, while imperfect duties, since they enjoin the pursuit of an end, come in the form ‘One must sometimes and to some extent φ in C’" [1] According to the above we see that Kant establishes two duties of that of the government; Perfect Duties and Imperfect Duties. Perfect Duties are those things of which the government must provide to ensure that the government and that society is fully functional. What are these things you may ask? These things are the simple things ensured under that of the Social Contract that you give up for a Civilized Society (not to kill, rape, steal, etc...). These things are indeed key as we can see that this ensures that of a Minarchy at the minimum. What that means is that the Government is to ensure that the people are safe. Everything else falls into that of the Imperfect Duties. Now note that these things may protect and benefit the public, we can see that if they're not of the Social Contract like ideals that they automatically fall into this category and SHOULD NOT be carried out by the government, but by Private entities. “Any action is right if it can coexist with everyone's freedom in accordance with a universal law, or if on its maxim the freedom of choice of each can coexist with everyone's freedom in accordance with a universal law” [2] We can see that if the government intervenes on the behalf on the people to infringe on that of an Imperfect duty that they would undermining humanity to achieve their due ends. We can see and must ensure that the Imperfect Duties are carried out by the Private Entites as things like people's health and Private debt is something that is to be delt with by the individual NOT the government. [3] So we can see that there no role of the federal government or the government in general to be able to make any law in this reguards of the ruling what we can see here is that we must let the states decide on this issue themselves as shown once again in our Constitution. "The American flag, then, throughout more than 200 years of our history, has come to be the visible symbol embodying our Nation. It does not represent the views of any particular political party, and it does not represent any particular political philosophy. The flag is not simply another "idea" or "point of view" competing for recognition in the marketplace of ideas. Millions and millions of Americans regard it with an almost mystical reverence regardless of what sort of social, political, or philosophical beliefs they may have. I cannot agree that the First Amendment invalidates the Act of Congress, and the laws of 48 of the 50 States, which make criminal the public burning of the flag."- Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist [4]We can see here that the Supreme Court's Dissenting Opinion has shown and in state that the Court has no right to overrule the laws of what is legal in the majority of the states. Now this Court Case was invalid and in an earlier ruling we can see that in the Supreme Court Case LA V Taxpayers for Vincent and in the case they found that, "the First Amendment does not guarantee the right to employ every conceivable method of communication at all times and in all places." Meaning that the Flag burning and desecration is NOT Constitutional as the First Amendment DOES NOT cover this type of free speech. Not only that, but the case threatens Federalism as the states will gradually work for legalization. This will create less and less resentment over time. For exampe we can see that the Gay Marriage issue vs. the Abortion issue that both were hot topics. The thing is that Abortion was legalized all at one time vs. Gay Marriage's gradual legalization. We can see that the change in the legalization is something that created a huge problem as many people don't find problems with gay marriage, but Abortion to them is dangerous and that's on the grounds of destruction of State's Rights. As I shown earlier in the round that we need to leave this legislative authority to the states. For the Supreme Court was right to strike down the Federal law, but it had NO right to strike down state law. We must realize that the State's Supreme Courts are independent from the Federal Supreme Court and that the State Supreme Court must affect State Law and only state law as the Federal Courts can only affect Federal Goverment. [5]Sources 1. (http://plato.stanford.edu...)2. (Lectures and Drafts on Political Philosophy, translated Frederick Rauscher and Kenneth Westphal (in preparation). Relevant contents: "Naturrecht Feyerabend" course lecture, fragments on political philosophy, and drafts of works in political philosophy.)3. (Johnson, Robert. "Kant's Moral Philosophy." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2012.)4. (https://www.law.cornell.edu...) 5. G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking, 6th ed. (Stamford: Cengage Learning, 2012), 37 and 139.