Today, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) and Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) introduced a resolution, H. Res. 952, allowing Congressional Medal of Honor recipients to properly display the United States flag on their property at all times.
Wow, Congress has the power to overturn the private contracts of homeowner associations?! Wait, that doesn't sound right. Let's look at the bill itself.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor should be permitted, at all times on the recipient's property, to properly display the Flag of the United States of America.
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Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor should be permitted, at all times on the recipient's property, to properly display the Flag of the United States of America.
This is just one of those meaningless resolutions expressing the sense of the House of Representatives. It in no way has the force of law. If it passes, poor Colonel Van Barfoot will be in the exact same situation he is now. But maybe Eric Cantor could get him a nice framed copy of the resolution. That will be nice!
God Bless Colonel Van Barfoot and his unbelievable fight for what is right and wrong in America Today. Has anyone in the Homeowners Association even bothered to read the Federal Laws concerning the American Flag? They have no right to restrict its proper display! It would take the Congress and President to allow the Homeowners Association to restrict the display of the American Flag.
ReplyDeleteUnder Federal Statue there are regulations on its use and display of the American Flag, its in there. Since the displaying of the American Flag is legal, the Homeowners Association is violating the U.S. Constitution IMHO under the 1st & 14 Amendments along with Title 4, United States Code and a few Executive Orders.
Now we have Congressmen Eric Cantor using a non-binding resolution; be it now resolved that Congressman Eric Cantor has once again ignored law to make nice. Isn't that nice? Why doesn't the Congressmen instead appear at the Homeowners Association's next meeting and tell them how wrong they are! Then tell them that he would throw the first donation into a hat to defend the rights of ALL Citizens especially Colonel Van Barfoot.
God Bless Colonel Van Barfoot and God help Eric "The Resolution Maker" Cantor.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. It does not take an act of Congress and the President to restrict the display of the American flag. There are NO regulations on the use and display of the American flag. There is a Flag Code that is nonbinding. The Flag Code is like the Pirate Code. It's more like guidelines.
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