(qtd in Leopold) Arthur Twigg, a member of Marylands Sons of Confederate Veterans, is proud of the flag, he exclaims, It means a lot to me, my ancestors carried that flag into battle. (qtd in Schaiver) Defenders of the flag say moving/hiding/replacing the precious piece of history will suggest to the public that it is immoral. (Leopold)Marylands Sons of Confederate Veterans is a group of men who are proud of the Confederate flag, so proud that they pardoned the state to issue them special license tags to reward their members with. These tags featured the ever controversial Confederate flag on them and it wasnt long before complaints of the tags were noted. The state recalled the licenses and a case was filed. Judge Frederic Smalkin wrote his decision in a 20 page document which included a chastising of the state for recalling the licence tags, saying it violated the First Amendment. Judge Smalkin said For years the First Amendment restricted only the actions of the government. It took warthe Civil Warto extend the strictures of the First Amendment to state governments. Without the Civil War, the ghosts of which pervade this case, there would not have been a Fourteenth Amendment, the vehicle through which the Bill of Rights has been applied to the states.The genius of the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment is the protection of minorities from majoritarian tyranny. The Fourteenth Amendment should protect the members of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans in this case. And the Fourteenth Amendment should protect those who have been offended in the courts ruling of whether or not the flag should remain raised. They are the minority, as they have suffered from the pain and confusion the controversys caused. As our nation has learned of the hurt inflicted by the Confederate flag several attempts have been made to bring the effect of the flag to a more moderate level, while still inspiring Southern pride. South Carolina...
