Group: alt.politics.economics
From: alexy
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: High School Bans American Flag

"no surrender" wrote:

>
>"alexy" wrote in message


>> United States Code Title 4 Chapter 1 Section 8 Paragraph d:
>> :The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery.
>> :It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always
>> :allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged
>> :with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should
>> :be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform,
>> :and for decoration in general..
>*****
>Small point of order, that section of the US Code is not "law," but
>recommendations.

I'm not sure of the "law" versus "recommendations" terminology, but
there certainly are no enforcement or penalty provisions, which make
it substantively recommendations. But I see no problem with a school
having rules that enforce those recommendations.

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