Why does America allow the burning of its flag in its country?

Real answer: The First Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the government from "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

In the American political system, the U.S. Supreme Court is the authoritative interpreter of what the Constitution means. In the case of flag burning, the Supreme Court has interpreted laws prohibiting flag burning as "abridging the freedom of speech." The Supreme Court explained its reasoning in 3 different opinions dealing with different nuances of the question, if you are curious about its thinking:

Street v New York -

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/394/576/case.html

Texas v. Johnson -

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/491/397/case.html

US v. Eichman

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/post.php?board=1&reply=6160886

Unless the Supreme Court can be convinced to change its mind, the only way to reverse the Supreme Court would be to amend the First Amendment.

That's why America allows the burning of its flag in its country.

Lysander Spooner wrote:

We need the bull moose party wrote:

...I believe that there should be some regulations and laws that don't allow this.

There have been. SCOTUS has made clear that, under the present U.S. Constitution, such laws are invalid. See, e.g.,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Eichman

, 496 U.S. 310 (1990).

But the Constitution is a living document, and can be amended. So with an appropriate amendment to the Constitution, desecration of the U.S. flag could be made illegal.

That's what it would take. And who knows, with both houses of Congress and so many states "running red," maybe it could happen.

It would take 3/4 of the states to ratify a new amendment. 3/4 of the states are not Republican not even close.

Wowzers wrote:

dial it up wrote:

The thing is, I'm guessing any sort of confrontation would cause you to piss your skinny little pants.

Wow, did you just play the "I'm guessing" game? Seriously?

Impressive! Impressive indeed!

You're right, it wasn't a guess.