order to keep ourselves in line, some type of standards have to be maintained. This is not an abstract concept. It is something that most Americans can agree on. In a recent poll, The Gallup Organization asked a sample of 500 adults: "Would you support a new Constitutional amendment that would make flag-burning illegal?" Seventy one percent said "yes," while only twenty four percent said "no." This is nearly a three-to-one margin, and it reflects the fact that most Americans are, in Applegate's words, "Mad as hell."
Among those Americans who oppose such a liberal reading of the Constitution's First Amendment is President Bush himself. The Chief Executive is now at work to help bring about an amendment that woul
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