It is asserted that more important rights precede such an amendment and that there is no viable reason to punish people for burning the American flag as an act of free expression. The flag is a symbol of freedom but it, in itself, is not freedom. Bibliography lists 3 sources. An 8 page argumentative report against allowing the burning of the American flag. The position taken in the paper is that other avenues, including speech, are available for those unhappy with the state of the country.
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A 5 page paper that supports the development of a constitutional amendment against the desecration of the flag. Bibliography lists 4 sources. The case of Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf is used briefly to argue that the very freedoms the flag is said to represent should inherently allow us to ignore its symbolic existence if we so choose. Bibliography lists 4 sources. A 5 page paper discussing the potential problems generated by the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.