The right on the table being freedom of speech. I thought we had heard the last of the flag-burning laws, but alas, that is not to be. Does free speech only meet words?
The center of the debate: Does the First Amendment protect against non-verbal speech? As as Eugene Volokh compellingly explains, the Founding Fathers intended the First Amendment to include all forms of expression:
Protection of symbolic speech would have fit well with James Madison's initial draft of the First Amendment, which spoke of the people's "right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments." More...
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