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NATION, Page 37American NotesCRIMEThis Flag's Not For Burning
More than two years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that burning
the American flag is a constitutionally protected form of free
expression. But some Southerners aren't about to make it easy
for protesters to burn another flag they hold dear: the
Confederate Stars and Bars.
Last week a municipal judge in Shreveport, La., sentenced
Ronald Hamilton to four days of community service for torching
a Confederate flag outside the city's courthouse last July to
protest a monument to Confederate soldiers. Since the city has
no ordinance prohibiting flag burning, Hamilton was found guilty
of violating a ban on illegal burning. Judge Lee Irvin told
Hamilton that if he wanted to burn the flag, he should have
sought a permit. Hamilton, who insists his right of free
expression was violated, does not accept the judge's
explanation. Says he: "The process to get a permit is designed
to make sure that no one gets one."