Reply #61: I assume you are talking about a flag burning law...

[SaveElmer]

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He told the Rutland Herald in January 2002, "I favor protection of the flag, but I do not favor a constitutional amendment…. A constitutional amendment should be passed only in very rare circumstances." He added, "I do believe the flag ought to be protected… I don't think you should amend the Constitution without a deep purpose. Protecting the flag is certainly a deep purpose, but I don't believe you can amend the Constitution for that."

Everyone follow that? Dean supported a resolution encouraging Congress to "take whatever legislative action it deems necessary" to protect the flag, plus he insisted that a "deep purpose" is a prerequisite for an amendment and he described flag protection as a "deep purpose." At the same time, he argued that he opposed an amendment.

When asked to reconcile his support for the resolution with his opposition to a constitutional amendment, Dean said, "The resolution was crafted so that people like me could take a position supporting the flag without supporting an amendment." What a courageous stand in support of the Bill of Rights.
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