The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Excepting Kid Rock's sexy getup, none of these are actually flags, which leads to the question: would (sadness!) it have been illegal to desecrate these items? Printed images of the flag? Electronic images of flag desecration seem to clearly fail being “physical,” but how might we unambiguously separate .jpg from .flag? No wonder the amendment failed.

"Countless men and women have died defending that flag," said Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., closing two days of debate. "It is but a small humble act for us to defend it."

Humble. Exactly.




The Katrina amendment?