The Supreme Court's Decisions in Two Flag-Burning Cases Have

question 64

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court's decisions in two flag-burning cases have

• A)held that flag burning is a punishable desecration of a sacred national symbol.
• B)​been at odds with each other, leaving uncertainty about this symbolically important area of the law.
• C)​held that flag burning is legally protected political expression.
• D)​both sent the cases back to lower courts for rehearing, where the litigants settled, so there is no final decision to point to.
• E)​been decided on narrow procedural grounds, with no decision on the main legal issue.

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