The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on recent remarks by retired Justice Stevens about Texas v. Johnson, the decision in which the Supreme Court held 5-4, over Stevens’ dissent, that flag burning could be a form of protected political expression under the First Amendment. According tot he article, Justice Stevens still believes the majority was wrong because flag burning is an “inarticulate roar designed to antagonize” and the flag, as a symbol of the nation, is singularly “entitled to respect.”
[Hat tip: How Appealing]