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- noun the act of burning a flag, especially the flag of a
nation as an act ofprotest at that nation's activities
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Examples
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I think your gambit would work best with a “pure” flag-burning incident.
The Volokh Conspiracy » At Least a Dozen Flag Desecration Prosecutions in the U.S. Since 1992 2010
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Frankly, given the outcome of the flag-burning case, it would have been more appropriate in my mind to have Justice Scalia doing the masturbatory hand-gesture (much like the “Italian” hand-gesture he was caught on camera doing) while Justice Stevens dissented.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Supreme Court Upholds Freedom Of Speech In Obscenity-Filled Ruling” 2010
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Since this was shortly after a few flag-burning incidents, everyone was up in arms about resolutions to make flag-burning a crime.
American Flag Napkin 2009
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AFAIK, doctrinally there is nothing wrong with a procecutor procecuting someone for doing something that the court has found protected (flag-burning, sodomy, abortion, what have you) and arguing that the previous case was wrongly decided.
The Volokh Conspiracy » At Least a Dozen Flag Desecration Prosecutions in the U.S. Since 1992 2010
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Since this was shortly after a few flag-burning incidents, everyone was up in arms about resolutions to make flag-burning a crime.
American Flag Napkin 2009
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Not as threatening to life and limb as the major environmental disaster Hungary faces from poisonous sludge, it is almost impossible to turn on a television set in America without seeing two or three ads about how Candidate X is a corrupt neo-fascist or how Candidate Y is a flag-burning Marxist.
US midterm elections live blog - Thursday 7 October Richard Adams 2010
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That notion would contradict past rulings protecting protest speech such as flag-burning that causes no real danger, and in later interviews, Breyer tried to make clear he was not suggesting the high court should strike down Quran burning.
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What it does is done quietly behind closed doors while out in the open Conservative leaders are talking about flag-burning amendments, gay marriage, and the "Free" market.
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That notion would contradict past rulings protecting protest speech such as flag-burning that causes no real danger, and in later interviews, Breyer tried to make clear he was not suggesting the high court should strike down Quran burning.
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AFAIK, doctrinally there is nothing wrong with a procecutor procecuting someone for doing something that the court has found protected (flag-burning, sodomy, abortion, what have you) and arguing that the previous case was wrongly decided.
The Volokh Conspiracy » At Least a Dozen Flag Desecration Prosecutions in the U.S. Since 1992 2010
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