Letters,
Constitutional Law
Dec. 15, 2016
Supreme Court can't just invent new rights
A recent guest column suggested that President-elect Donald Trump is going to take our First Amendment freedoms from us. That concern it seems is based upon Trump's tweet to the effect that burning our flag should be punishable.
Richard A. Nixon
Email: pres37th@aol.com
San Fernando Valley College of Law
Richard, a practicing attorney in Los Angeles County and a Vietnam-era veteran, is the author of "America: An Illusion of Freedom."
A recent guest column by Eric Kingsley suggested that President-elect Donald Trump is going to take our First Amendment freedoms from us. [First Amendment in Trump's Cross-hairs, December 1]. Kingsley's concern it seems is based upon Trump's tweet to the effect that burning our flag should be punishable.
The article mentions Texas v. Johnson, a 1989 case in which the Supreme Court held that a Texas law punishing flag burning was unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Bu...
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