Like Jon, I’m chiming in late on this one. But one question: Has there been a rash of domestic flag burning lately that we’ve missed? With the amount of time that has been spent this term debating judges, filibusters, Gitmo, the Patriot Act, the law of end-of-life decisions, etc., one would think the Judiciary Committee (and its subcommittees) would be pretty strapped for time, especially with the recess approaching. With all that’s going on, how did flag burning make the cut of things that need to be taken up right now?

Personally, I don’t want to see flag-abuse outlawed any more than I want to see Dick Durbin outlawed. Let them all keep “expressing” themselves. Better that we know what they’re about. The fact that America’s enemies and traitors torch the flag makes me all the prouder to wave mine.