Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.

A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.

One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution.

Without amendments we would never even have had the Bill of Rights.

Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.

Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.

It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.