your way to work in the morning. You are flying your confederate flag because you are proud of your heritage and will claim it willingly. You and your family has served the country for generations. You are listening to the radio and they just keep saying bad things about the confederacy. Its making you angry that people will talk bad about someone's heritage. Suddenly you get pulled over and the police tell you to take down the flag you are flying. You are emotionally ruined that you would fight for
Does arresting Johnson for burning the American flag based on The Flag Desecration law of the Texas violate Johnson's right to freedom of speech based on the First Amendment? In the United States, Supreme Court is well-known as the highest judicial court which has responsible for the federal or international level cases. Texas v. Johnson was a very controversial case that had moved from one State’s Court to the Supreme Court but still consisted of disagreements about it. The case had to deal with
regarding this subject. In the United States, flag desecration is protected under the First Amendment, and Australia has similar laws. A socialist group in Australia called Resistance markets and sells a kit for burning the flag, and there have been several noted cases in the last decade. Belgium and Canada also allow flag desecration. In 1990, the flag of Quebec was desecrated by protestors in Brockville, Ontario, while numerous people walked over the flag while the event was being televised. In many
Should the Confederate flag be banned? Would you want your freedom taken away? It’s disgraceful to know that we’re living in a supposedly free country and we can’t display an image of southern heritage, freedom of speech, and it is also a huge part of our nation’s history. The Flag of the Confederacy is a symbol of southern heritage. The states that seceded from the Union and flew the flag were based on agriculture. They relied on raising livestock, hunting, and cultivating which we still do today
Many Americans can recite the beginning of United States history, regardless of how detailed it is or not. Its fundamentals are simple: British colonists moved to North America, they believed that the British power was using their tyrannical rule for injustice, the American Revolution occurred, and July 4th, 1776 marks the birth of a new country: the United States. Even in the beginning, many were seeking a land where they could be free from figurative shackles. America represents these values and
world as a nation all about freedom and opportunities. When our nation’s people think about what it means to be an American we imagine patriotism, freedom, and all of us united as something we are able to have and express. Many people across the world dream about coming to America and be known as an “American” but yet so many of us do not truly know what it actually is. An American is someone who shows patriotism. He or she loves this nation and is willing to sacrifice himself, one is loyal to our
Every year millions of people in the United States gather to cheer for their favorite team playing in a football game. American football is one, if not the most loved sport by the American people. Each year American football brings people together, football it’s a tradition that have been alive in the American society for years. But for a lot of people the dynamic of the have have changed when the football player, Colin Kaepernick, refused to stand during “The Star- Spangled Banner.” Colin kneel
The case happened in March 2006, the issue of the case was whether Westboro's signs and comments while picketing Mathew Snyder's funeral, relates to matters of public concern.(Facts and Case Summary) Entitling the greater protection under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. They picketed at an ebullient U.S. Marines funeral. The Marines name is Mathew Snyder, who died in Iraq fighting for a free country. During the picketing, they had signs that stated God hates America, Fag troops, thank
freedom of speech and the way that we want to respect the USA. Freedom of speech gives people the right to express what they feel and honor our nation in their own way. Many people feel they have the right not to say the pledge. The Man Who Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance was Francis Bellamy was the man who wrote the pledge of allegiance in October of 1892. Francis was a baptist minister from New York. In 1942, the pledge of allegiance had their 50th anniversary. They made it as a national flag code.
Fake heroes: The significance of sound in creating heroic portrait in Flags of Our Fathers. The Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood, USA, 2006) tells us a story about the marines who raised the USA flag at the battle of Iwo Jima during the World War II. The process of raising the flag was photographed and became an inspiration for thousands of Americans. The individuals portrayed in the photo became national heroes and were exploited in various military fund-raising campaigns. A hero is “a person