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17 December, 19:54

Why can you burn a flag but cannot burn your draft card?

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    The act of draft card burning was defended as a symbolic form of free speech, a constitutional right guaranteed by the First Amendment.

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    The Supreme Court decided against the draft card burners; it determined that the federal law was justified and that it was unrelated to the freedom of speech.
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