The amendment doesn't ban anything. It does not amend the First Amendment. It does not prohibit speech. What it does is simple. It restores the power of the people's representatives to protect the flag from acts of physical desecration. That's it.
Senator Hatch explains the purpose of the proposed constitutional amendment regarding flag desecration.
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