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GoldenRod
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Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/politics/donald-trump-flag-burning-penalty-proposal/index.html
(CNN)President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday a penalty -- including possible jail time or loss of citizenship -- for burning the American flag, in spite of two US Supreme Court rulings that protect the act under the First Amendment as a form of free speech.
"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 tweeted.
Donald J. Trump ? @realDonaldTrump
Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!
6:55 AM - 29 Nov 2016
15,046 15,046 Retweets 41,366 41,366 likes
The Supreme Court twice affirmed the right to desecrate the American flag as a form of free speech -- a historically contentious issue -- in cases before the high court in 1989 and 1990.
In the 1989 case "Texas v. Johnson," the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that flag burning was a form of "symbolic speech" that was protected by the First Amendment. The ruling was granted after an appeal from Gregory Johnson, who had been convicted by a Texas court of violating a state law that prohibited the "desecration of a venerated object" such as the US flag.
The following year, in "United states v. Eichman," the Supreme Court again affirmed the right to burn the flag when it ruled 7-3 that the Flag Protection Act of 1989 -- passed by Congress in response to the Johnson decision -- was unconstitutional.
When asked about the Supreme Court rulings on CNN's "New Day," Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller did not respond to questions about the constitutional protections of flag burning.
"Flag burning should be illegal," Miller repeatedly told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
Hmmm... haven't other world leaders tried jailing citizens for using their free speech?...
and 40k people and counting like the tweet, and 15k are retweeting it....
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by GoldenRod
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/politics/donald-trump-flag-burning-penalty-proposal/index.html
(CNN)President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday a penalty -- including possible jail time or loss of citizenship -- for burning the American flag, in spite of two US Supreme Court rulings that protect the act under the First Amendment as a form of free speech.
"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 tweeted.
Donald J. Trump ? @realDonaldTrump
Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!
6:55 AM - 29 Nov 2016
15,046 15,046 Retweets 41,366 41,366 likes
The Supreme Court twice affirmed the right to desecrate the American flag as a form of free speech -- a historically contentious issue -- in cases before the high court in 1989 and 1990.
In the 1989 case "Texas v. Johnson," the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that flag burning was a form of "symbolic speech" that was protected by the First Amendment. The ruling was granted after an appeal from Gregory Johnson, who had been convicted by a Texas court of violating a state law that prohibited the "desecration of a venerated object" such as the US flag.
The following year, in "United states v. Eichman," the Supreme Court again affirmed the right to burn the flag when it ruled 7-3 that the Flag Protection Act of 1989 -- passed by Congress in response to the Johnson decision -- was unconstitutional.
When asked about the Supreme Court rulings on CNN's "New Day," Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller did not respond to questions about the constitutional protections of flag burning.
"Flag burning should be illegal," Miller repeatedly told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
Hmmm... haven't other world leaders tried jailing citizens for using their free speech?...
and 40k people and counting like the tweet, and 15k are retweeting it....
I'm sure many of his supporters will agree with this.
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| Posted 11/29/16 8:50 AM |
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
I think it's terrible to burn a flag. But it's protected. To threaten someone's citizenship over it is scary. And it's a slippery slope- it's not long before journalists who write things he doesn't like get jailed.
This is also a distraction- I think he thinks people will not probe his allegations of voter fraud. And his HHS pick is awful.
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| Posted 11/29/16 9:07 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
It's like watching a whiny, cranky, clueless toddler running the nation. 
Every time I see one of his infantile and moronic tweets I just cringe and shake my head. He's literally stumbling through this entire transition without a clue and it's just scary. What's worse, it literally doesn't matter what this idiot says or does OR who he appoints into his cabinet..................his "sheep" followers are right there cheering him on chanting their horseshit about "Making America Great Again" and "Draining the Swamp". It's absolutely comical to me that ANY of them think this billionaire narcissist will be acting in the best interest of us ordinary, every day Americans. SO foolish.
I STILL cannot believe this is actually happening, it's like watching an episode of Punk'd, I keep waiting for Ashton to pop up and tell us it's all been a bad joke and that we can relax now...............a REAL president will be stepping in shortly. The thought of listening to this baboon for 4 years makes my stomach churn and I just dread the mess he will SURELY make of this country. 
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| Posted 11/29/16 9:22 AM |
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by Hofstra26
It's like watching a whiny, cranky, clueless toddler running the nation.
Every time I see one of his infantile and moronic tweets I just cringe and shake my head. He's literally stumbling through this entire transition without a clue and it's just scary. What's worse, it literally doesn't matter what this idiot says or does OR who he appoints into his cabinet..................his "sheep" followers are right there cheering him on chanting their horseshit about "Making America Great Again" and "Draining the Swamp". It's absolutely comical to me that ANY of them think this billionaire narcissist will be acting in the best interest of us ordinary, every day Americans. SO foolish.
I STILL cannot believe this is actually happening, it's like watching an episode of Punk'd, I keep waiting for Ashton to pop up and tell us it's all been a bad joke and that we can relax now...............a REAL president will be stepping in shortly. The thought of listening to this baboon for 4 years makes my stomach churn and I just dread the mess he will SURELY make of this country.
Yup.
He is loathsome. Even worse than I thought so far, in some ways.
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| Posted 11/29/16 9:45 AM |
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by Hofstra26
It's like watching a whiny, cranky, clueless toddler running the nation.
Every time I see one of his infantile and moronic tweets I just cringe and shake my head. He's literally stumbling through this entire transition without a clue and it's just scary. What's worse, it literally doesn't matter what this idiot says or does OR who he appoints into his cabinet..................his "sheep" followers are right there cheering him on chanting their horseshit about "Making America Great Again" and "Draining the Swamp". It's absolutely comical to me that ANY of them think this billionaire narcissist will be acting in the best interest of us ordinary, every day Americans. SO foolish.
I STILL cannot believe this is actually happening, it's like watching an episode of Punk'd, I keep waiting for Ashton to pop up and tell us it's all been a bad joke and that we can relax now...............a REAL president will be stepping in shortly. The thought of listening to this baboon for 4 years makes my stomach churn and I just dread the mess he will SURELY make of this country.
I feel bad for #46. Imagine having to come in and clean up this guy's mess??
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| Posted 11/29/16 9:46 AM |
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ohbaby08
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Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
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| Posted 11/29/16 9:57 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by MC09
Posted by Hofstra26
It's like watching a whiny, cranky, clueless toddler running the nation.
Every time I see one of his infantile and moronic tweets I just cringe and shake my head. He's literally stumbling through this entire transition without a clue and it's just scary. What's worse, it literally doesn't matter what this idiot says or does OR who he appoints into his cabinet..................his "sheep" followers are right there cheering him on chanting their horseshit about "Making America Great Again" and "Draining the Swamp". It's absolutely comical to me that ANY of them think this billionaire narcissist will be acting in the best interest of us ordinary, every day Americans. SO foolish.
I STILL cannot believe this is actually happening, it's like watching an episode of Punk'd, I keep waiting for Ashton to pop up and tell us it's all been a bad joke and that we can relax now...............a REAL president will be stepping in shortly. The thought of listening to this baboon for 4 years makes my stomach churn and I just dread the mess he will SURELY make of this country.
I feel bad for #46. Imagine having to come in and clean up this guy's mess??
Part of me hopes he doesn't last 4 years but then the other part of me dreads Pence just as much so it's a lose-lose situation right now.
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| Posted 11/29/16 9:59 AM |
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by Hofstra26
Posted by MC09
Posted by Hofstra26
It's like watching a whiny, cranky, clueless toddler running the nation.
Every time I see one of his infantile and moronic tweets I just cringe and shake my head. He's literally stumbling through this entire transition without a clue and it's just scary. What's worse, it literally doesn't matter what this idiot says or does OR who he appoints into his cabinet..................his "sheep" followers are right there cheering him on chanting their horseshit about "Making America Great Again" and "Draining the Swamp". It's absolutely comical to me that ANY of them think this billionaire narcissist will be acting in the best interest of us ordinary, every day Americans. SO foolish.
I STILL cannot believe this is actually happening, it's like watching an episode of Punk'd, I keep waiting for Ashton to pop up and tell us it's all been a bad joke and that we can relax now...............a REAL president will be stepping in shortly. The thought of listening to this baboon for 4 years makes my stomach churn and I just dread the mess he will SURELY make of this country.
I feel bad for #46. Imagine having to come in and clean up this guy's mess??
Part of me hopes he doesn't last 4 years but then the other part of me dreads Pence just as much so it's a lose-lose situation right now.
I used to feel this way. But, would gladly take Pence over Trump at this point. The way I see it, we are getting the crappiness of Pence anyway since he will be doing most of the "work." And, I trust him over Trump with things like nuclear weapons and not embarrassing us overseas with foreign leaders.
It's a no-win situation, but Pence is at least a grown up.
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| Posted 11/29/16 10:05 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by ohbaby08
Posted by Hofstra26
Posted by MC09
Posted by Hofstra26
It's like watching a whiny, cranky, clueless toddler running the nation.
Every time I see one of his infantile and moronic tweets I just cringe and shake my head. He's literally stumbling through this entire transition without a clue and it's just scary. What's worse, it literally doesn't matter what this idiot says or does OR who he appoints into his cabinet..................his "sheep" followers are right there cheering him on chanting their horseshit about "Making America Great Again" and "Draining the Swamp". It's absolutely comical to me that ANY of them think this billionaire narcissist will be acting in the best interest of us ordinary, every day Americans. SO foolish.
I STILL cannot believe this is actually happening, it's like watching an episode of Punk'd, I keep waiting for Ashton to pop up and tell us it's all been a bad joke and that we can relax now...............a REAL president will be stepping in shortly. The thought of listening to this baboon for 4 years makes my stomach churn and I just dread the mess he will SURELY make of this country.
I feel bad for #46. Imagine having to come in and clean up this guy's mess??
Part of me hopes he doesn't last 4 years but then the other part of me dreads Pence just as much so it's a lose-lose situation right now.
I used to feel this way. But, would gladly take Pence over Trump at this point. The way I see it, we are getting the crappiness of Pence anyway since he will be doing most of the "work." And, I trust him over Trump with things like nuclear weapons and not embarrassing us overseas with foreign leaders.
It's a no-win situation, but Pence is at least a grown up.
Fair enough. When you put it that way, I have to agree. 
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| Posted 11/29/16 10:08 AM |
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by Hofstra26
It's like watching a whiny, cranky, clueless toddler running the nation.
Every time I see one of his infantile and moronic tweets I just cringe and shake my head. He's literally stumbling through this entire transition without a clue and it's just scary. What's worse, it literally doesn't matter what this idiot says or does OR who he appoints into his cabinet..................his "sheep" followers are right there cheering him on chanting their horseshit about "Making America Great Again" and "Draining the Swamp". It's absolutely comical to me that ANY of them think this billionaire narcissist will be acting in the best interest of us ordinary, every day Americans. SO foolish.
I STILL cannot believe this is actually happening, it's like watching an episode of Punk'd, I keep waiting for Ashton to pop up and tell us it's all been a bad joke and that we can relax now...............a REAL president will be stepping in shortly. The thought of listening to this baboon for 4 years makes my stomach churn and I just dread the mess he will SURELY make of this country.
Yes. This is going to be a long 4 years...
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| Posted 11/29/16 10:19 AM |
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by ohbaby08
Posted by Hofstra26
Posted by MC09
Posted by Hofstra26
It's like watching a whiny, cranky, clueless toddler running the nation.
Every time I see one of his infantile and moronic tweets I just cringe and shake my head. He's literally stumbling through this entire transition without a clue and it's just scary. What's worse, it literally doesn't matter what this idiot says or does OR who he appoints into his cabinet..................his "sheep" followers are right there cheering him on chanting their horseshit about "Making America Great Again" and "Draining the Swamp". It's absolutely comical to me that ANY of them think this billionaire narcissist will be acting in the best interest of us ordinary, every day Americans. SO foolish.
I STILL cannot believe this is actually happening, it's like watching an episode of Punk'd, I keep waiting for Ashton to pop up and tell us it's all been a bad joke and that we can relax now...............a REAL president will be stepping in shortly. The thought of listening to this baboon for 4 years makes my stomach churn and I just dread the mess he will SURELY make of this country.
I feel bad for #46. Imagine having to come in and clean up this guy's mess??
Part of me hopes he doesn't last 4 years but then the other part of me dreads Pence just as much so it's a lose-lose situation right now.
I used to feel this way. But, would gladly take Pence over Trump at this point. The way I see it, we are getting the crappiness of Pence anyway since he will be doing most of the "work." And, I trust him over Trump with things like nuclear weapons and not embarrassing us overseas with foreign leaders.
It's a no-win situation, but Pence is at least a grown up.
Yes!! I hate Pence and in some ways I wonder if he's more dangerous b/c he actually knows what he's doing. But at this point, I feel like he will MAYBE try to be an adult and work with the others. Maybe it will be just for show, but at least we wouldn't have this clown at the helm.
I don't know, it is definitely a lose-lose for everyone, but maybe a slightly less embarrassing.
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by ohbaby08
Posted by Hofstra26
Posted by MC09
Posted by Hofstra26
It's like watching a whiny, cranky, clueless toddler running the nation.
Every time I see one of his infantile and moronic tweets I just cringe and shake my head. He's literally stumbling through this entire transition without a clue and it's just scary. What's worse, it literally doesn't matter what this idiot says or does OR who he appoints into his cabinet..................his "sheep" followers are right there cheering him on chanting their horseshit about "Making America Great Again" and "Draining the Swamp". It's absolutely comical to me that ANY of them think this billionaire narcissist will be acting in the best interest of us ordinary, every day Americans. SO foolish.
I STILL cannot believe this is actually happening, it's like watching an episode of Punk'd, I keep waiting for Ashton to pop up and tell us it's all been a bad joke and that we can relax now...............a REAL president will be stepping in shortly. The thought of listening to this baboon for 4 years makes my stomach churn and I just dread the mess he will SURELY make of this country.
I feel bad for #46. Imagine having to come in and clean up this guy's mess??
Part of me hopes he doesn't last 4 years but then the other part of me dreads Pence just as much so it's a lose-lose situation right now.
I used to feel this way. But, would gladly take Pence over Trump at this point. The way I see it, we are getting the crappiness of Pence anyway since he will be doing most of the "work." And, I trust him over Trump with things like nuclear weapons and not embarrassing us overseas with foreign leaders.
It's a no-win situation, but Pence is at least a grown up.
I agree with this and have been feeling like, at the very least, Pence won't pimp us out to Russia.
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| Posted 11/29/16 10:27 AM |
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Not normal.
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| Posted 11/29/16 10:57 AM |
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Lets jail all those drawing Swastikas around the country in the last 3 weeks!
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by stinger
Lets jail all those drawing Swastikas around the country in the last 3 weeks!
 x 100
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| Posted 11/29/16 1:28 PM |
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ohbaby08
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Re: Trump wants to jail people for using their First Amendment rights
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by stinger
Lets jail all those drawing Swastikas around the country in the last 3 weeks!
x 100
Shhhhh...let them be.
They are "Alt-right", not NAZIS. 
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