‘Time For My Flag to Go Up’: How Anti-Trumpers Are ... - POLITICO
WEBNov 29, 2020 · Over the past four years, the flag has been recast as a kind of MAGA shorthand. Now, Trump foes are ready to take the symbol back. Biden supporters celebrate the declared presidential election...
Seeing an American flag can shift voters towards Republicanism
WEBJul 10, 2011 · Travis Carter from the University of Chicago has found that when people think about voting decisions, the mere sight of the American flag can subtly shift their political views... towards Republicanism. It’s an effect that holds in both Democrats and Republicans, it affects actual votes, and it lasts for at least 8 months.
Flag Desecration Amendment - Wikipedia
WEBThe Flag Desecration Amendment (often referred to as the Flag-Burning Amendment) is a proposed addition to the Constitution of the United States that would allow the U.S. Congress to prohibit by statute and provide punishment for the physical "desecration" of the flag of the United States.
The upside-down American flag becomes a pro-Trump protest : NPR
WEBJun 3, 2024 · After former President Donald Trump’s historic felony conviction, many of his supporters protested the verdict by posting images of an American flag flipped upside down on social media.
What does the American flag mean to you? Sacrifice, skepticism, …
WEBJul 3, 2024 · The flag reflects how Americans feel about their country, its past and its future. Amid a polarizing election year and before the Fourth of July, several Americans shared what the...
Opinion: The American Flag Flies For Democracy, Not Against It
WEBFeb 13, 2021 · As we saw this week, rioters used the poles on which they waved American flags as clubs to try to beat down American democracy, and the public servants sworn to defend it. Their attacks shook...
More Americans to fly the American flag this year: CBS News Poll - CBS News
WEBJul 2, 2021 · In 2020, just 53% of Americans said they would fly the flag, the lowest percentage recorded since CBS News started asking the question in 2015. Most Americans of all political stripes will...
Background on the Flag Desecration Amendment | American Civil …
WEBMar 4, 2004 · A constitutional amendment that would have banned flag desecration failed to win the necessary two-thirds vote in the Senate, with only 51 Senators voting in favor of the amendment and 48 voting in opposition.
When Supreme Court justices have disagreed about the American flag
WEBSep 27, 2022 · Should Americans be forced to pledge allegiance to the American flag or be allowed to deface the flag as a sign or protest? What does the Constitution say about it? These issues and more concerning the flag have been a hotly debated topic among Supreme Court Justices since the World War II era.
Texas v. Johnson - Wikipedia
WEBTexas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.