Update: Flag Burning
My travel brain struck when I was writing my post for this morning. The typo in the title was the first clue. And I woke up thinking about things I could have included in the article. All of this led me to do an update. Here’s the link to the updated post.
Flag Burning
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In 1943 – in the middle of the Second World War – the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia vs. Barnette that students cannot be forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The opinion noted that "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationa…