Aug 3
Tom Allen: Getting by with a little help from his friends
Since coming to the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Tom Allen, D-ME, has repeatedly voted against a constitutional amendment that would outlaw desecration of the United States’ flag.Now that he’s running for the United States Senate, he’s getting noticed for it. He should really check who are his friends on MySpace as we all do.
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NB: I think that a constitutional amendment on flag burning is a complete waste of legislative time and that it would probably not pass judicial scrutiny. However, the rest of the piece makes some valid points.
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… per the Watcher’s instructions, I am submitting one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process.
Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, and here is the initial posting of all the nominees that were voted on.
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