Flag Amendment Fails by 1 Vote in the Senate: The 1st Amendment Wins!

Here is a great article from yesterday about such amendments.



The Money Quote from the Article is from Senator Daniel Inouye who lost an arm in World War II and received the Medal of Honor:

"Our country's unique because our dissidents have a voice. While I take offense at disrespect to the flag, I nonetheless believe it is my continued duty as a veteran, as an American citizen, and as a United States senator to defend the constitutional right of protesters to use the flag in nonviolent speech."