Burning the flag is a form of expression. Speech doesn't just mean written words or oral words. It could be semaphore. And burning a flag is a symbol that expresses an idea - I hate the government, the government is unjust, whatever.

Antonin Scalia
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  1. A written constitution is needed to protect values AGAINST prevailing wisdom.

  2. Interior decorating is a rock-hard science compared to psychology practiced by amateurs.

  3. You're looking at me as though I'm weird. My God! Are you so out of touch with most of America, most of which believes in the Devil? I mean, Jesus Christ believed in the Devil! It's in the Gospels! You travel in circles that are...

  4. It is myopic to base sweeping change on the narrow experience of a few years.

  5. This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is ‘actually’ innocent.

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