Supreme Court: Trump and American Flag

supreme court: Trump words, expressed on Twitter early Tuesday morning, put him at odds with the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who was in the majority in the 1989 decision that protected flag burning, according to CTV. Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag -- if they do, there must be consequences -- perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! Trump said in a tweet. But the Supreme Court has held that flag-burning is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment, and top congressional Republicans quickly distanced themselves from Trump views. It was not immediately clear what prompted the tweet. But in 1989, Scalia signed onto an opinion written by the liberal Justice William Brennan that struck down a criminal conviction under Texas law for burning a flag during a political protest. Trump has called Scalia, who died in February, a great judge and said he would appoint someone to fill Scalia seat who is much like the conservative legal icon. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.