by Armstrong Williams

About the author: Armstrong Williams is a nationally syndicated columnist.

The freedom of speech, as guaranteed by the First Amendment, while often threatened, has withstood the assaults of those who would seek to deny it to us. It has proved to be one of our most important freedoms, but we must maintain constant vigilance that neither is it abused. Flag burning is a lurid abuse of that right. Moreover, it is alarming that one of our most cherished freedoms would be used to protect the desecration of our flag.

Debating the First Amendment

The exact nature of the First Amendment and what types of speech it protects has been argued ever since the adoption of the Constitution. Perhaps no other section of that great document has excited so much debate. Even today, there is still disagreement...