Constitutional Amendment to Ban Flag-Desecration

[Roycerson]

For this crowd I will skip the arguments about why this is a bad idea.
I've started a pledge to burn a flag on the 4th of July if this amendment passes.

http://www.pledgebank.com/flagburning

[aries]

Right on.

If the amendment passes, keep in mind it will need to be ratified by x number of states (30 something I think), before it becomes constitutional law.

[Pat McCotter]

Right on.

If the amendment passes, keep in mind it will need to be ratified by x number of states (30 something I think), before it becomes constitutional law.

2/3 x 50 = 34

[aries]

2/3 x 50 = 34

There weren't 34 red states in the last election, we have hope!

[dirk]

2/3 x 50 = 34

Nope!

2/3 of house
2/3 of senate
3/4 of state legislatures

.75 x 50 = 37.5 ergo 38 states needed to pass

Article V US Constitution

[aries]

12 states need to abstain then.

[Pat McCotter]

2/3 x 50 = 34

Nope!

2/3 of house
2/3 of senate
3/4 of state legislatures

.75 x 50 = 37.5 ergo 38 states needed to pass

Article V US Constitution

Oops! I am a product of the new math!

[Dreepa]

2/3 x 50 = 34

There weren't 34 red states in the last election, we have hope!

Red State Blue State.  I can never remember which is which.  Don't the networks change color every few years?

[Braddogg]

Red State Blue State.  I can never remember which is which.  Don't the networks change color every few years?

Red State for redneck conservatives in the South . . . Blue State for blueblood liberals in Massachusetts. 

[Dreepa]

Red State Blue State.  I can never remember which is which.  Don't the networks change color every few years?

Red State for redneck conservatives in the South . . . Blue State for blueblood liberals in Massachusetts. 

But who decided the colors?

I remember in past elections... the color was reversed.

[Russell Kanning]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard79.html
The Flag Flap

by Murray N. Rothbard

[aries]

I couldnt help but laugh today when my half-libertarian half-centrist half-liberal friend (he's got 1.5 personalities I guess) argued that this amendment was unconstitutional.

...

Yup, he did indeed.

edit- I'm a bit "drunk" on vicodin from surgery today so pardon if ive got like, misspellings or I ramble, because my mother said I was slurring and I cant even tell.

[KBCraig]

Red State Blue State.  I can never remember which is which.  Don't the networks change color every few years?

Red State for redneck conservatives in the South . . . Blue State for blueblood liberals in Massachusetts. 

But who decided the colors?

I remember in past elections... the color was reversed.

The biggest area will always be red, and the smaller area will be blue. Try it with the colors reversed... smaller red states on a big blue background will be a blurry purple blob.

Simple graphic artist way of doing things.

Kevin

[KBCraig]

It failed in the Senate, 66-34 (one vote short).

The best line I heard in the debate was (paraphrasing): "We shouldn't stop desecration of the flag by desecrating the Constitution!"



(On the other hand, I think it was delivered by John Murtha, who has pretty much proven himself lately to be an idiot and a partisan hack. Oh, well. Credit where it's due.)

Kevin

[aries]

I presume our two senators voted in favor?