Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.
None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.
Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.
Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
Look, I think by the time my case was over and other ones, everybody on both sides of the aisle in Congress said we can't run a government by this kind of process and they repealed the law and that's good.
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.
The president and his open border allies may hate the fact that the Constitution gets in the way of their political agenda, but it's up to Congress to take bold action and stop this lawlessness.
If immigration reform was easy, Congress would have dealt with it 15 years ago.
Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.