Uncle Fester
07-15-2005, 04:28 PM
July 15, 2005 2:10 PM EDT
MARYVILLE, Tenn. - A teenager was jailed for nine days after being accused of burning an American flag on the Fourth of July, and he faces trial next month.
While the case could test a state statute against flag burning - an act the U.S. Supreme Court says is protected under the First Amendment - prosecutors said Andrew Elisha Staley has yet to argue that he was exercising free speech rights.
http://start.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20050715/42d734c0_3ca6_1552620050715-1346748835
MARYVILLE, Tenn. - A teenager was jailed for nine days after being accused of burning an American flag on the Fourth of July, and he faces trial next month.
While the case could test a state statute against flag burning - an act the U.S. Supreme Court says is protected under the First Amendment - prosecutors said Andrew Elisha Staley has yet to argue that he was exercising free speech rights.
http://start.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20050715/42d734c0_3ca6_1552620050715-1346748835