President-elect Donald Trump and quarterback Colin Kaepernick have brought a great deal of attention lately to Old Glory – one by denouncing and disrespecting our flag and the other by promoting it. Trump condemned flag burning as a crime. Kaepernick joined the flag burners in disrespecting our flag by refusing to stand during the playing of our national anthem, the only anthem in the world dedicated to a flag.

As would be expected, the fascists on the left condemned Trump and praised Kaepernick. What was not expected was that some on the right would also tout their constitutional acumen by declaring that flag burning was constitutionally protected "expression" and warn against such ill-informed utterances by the president-elect. Trump, although denounced by pundits, is joined in his opinion by James Madison, who wrote the Bill of Rights, Thomas Jefferson and every other president except Barack Obama, along with every Supreme Court until 1989. On this one Trump is on the side of our founders, our Constitution, our people and the angels. Kaepernick is on the side of anarchists in America's axis of evil: the courtrooms, the classrooms and the cloakrooms – as well as the newsrooms. As is not unusual, pundits on both sides have no clue.

The flag is a symbol. The word symbol is from the Greek word meaning half token, which when united with the other half represents something above and beyond itself. (Think of wedding rings, medals, tombstones etc.) The other half token of the flag is the Constitution; the flag embodies the values embedded in our sacred Constitution. The legalized desecration of the symbol of the Constitution symbolizes the ongoing desecration of our Constitution.

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Our flag is unique. It does not represent a dictator or a party or a geography; it represents a set of values, our Constitution. It is the shroud for the coffins of our dead nobility; it is the tissue for the tears of those left behind. Because of its ties to our values, the American flag is the only flag with an anthem and code dedicated to it. Our laws should not only reflect our values, they should serve as teachers for our children. The outbreak of recent flag burning we see among the youth of today is an example of what we are teaching our children.

Contrary to most pundits' claims, the First Amendment does not protect freedom of expression – which would be insane. Expression is not in the Constitution, which protects freedom of speech, the press and peaceful assembly. If the founders meant expression, then these three are redundant. And you would have to be bereft of common sense to believe flag burning is speech. President Lincoln once asked: How many legs would a dog have if you called his tail a leg? The answer is four. That is not the answer of too many justices of the Supreme Court, our constitutional guardians, who are not common Americans with common sense. As baseball great Tommy Lasorda said, "Speech is when you talk." Flag burning is not speech, period.

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Consider these celebrated lawyers. One Supreme Court justice supported lowering the age of sexual consent to 12 years – and the legalization of prostitution. This judge is OK with 12-year-old prostitutes! Another judge banned the ROTC from her campus. None of these people has ever met a payroll, created a job or served in the military. Some believe that the Constitution is what they say it is. They all attended Harvard or Yale. Only one is from the west. Too many are elites totally ignorant of everyday America. A further mark of the quality of these folks is how often they turn on the hand that fed them, e.g., John Roberts and David Souter. President Eisenhower said he made two mistakes in office, and both of them were on the Supreme Court.

So it is not surprising that in 1989, in response to a flag burning by a communist, the Supreme Court, by one vote, amended the Constitution by inserting flag desecration into the Bill of Rights, voiding laws across America. They put flag burning side by side with pornography as protected "speech." They took away from the people the right to protect their flag, a right they held since our birth as a nation, a right supported by every court up to 1989. Of course, the people were outraged, and Congress proposed an amendment to the Constitution that would allow the people, should they so decide, to protect their flag. The legislatures of all 50 states supported the amendment, as did 75 percent of the American people. The Flag Amendment failed by one vote (two-thirds needed) in the Senate in 2006. It easily passed every roll-call vote in the House.

Among those voting against the right of the people to protect their flag were, of course, Sen. Obama and Clinton, but also Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell. Unfortunately, this man now controls the Senate. He has proven his disdain for the will of the people in the flag vote and also the will of his fellow Republicans who overwhelmingly supported the Flag Amendment. He is part of the swamp, not a team player and will work against Trump in his efforts for our people. Giving McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, a job will not help Trump with this man.

It is important to know that the Flag Amendment was not about flag burners, it was about those who said flag burning was speech. These are the same people who believe pornography is protected speech but prayer is not. They are horrified, as are vampires, with the cross. These are people who have usurped God by redefining His definition of marriage (you can now marry your cat; yes, it has happened). They believe it is speech to fraudulently wear military decorations, even the Medal of Honor. And, of course, you can burn the flag but not on their steps – and on and on. It is hard to point out any social or moral malevolence, legally decided, that does not bear the fingerprints of some judicial decision.

Some of the founders, especially Jefferson, expressed concern that the judiciary, the only unelected life-tenured branch of government, might weaken to the lust for power – and they were right. In an effort to immunize the judiciary from the whims of the people, they immunized them from the will of the people thus allowing usurpation of the governing power of the people.

Jefferson said: "… the germ of dissolution of our Federal Government is in the constitution of the Federal Judiciary – an irresponsible body (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow), working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief over the field of jurisdiction until all shall be usurped from the States and the government be consolidated into one." The Flag Amendment was about protecting our Constitution, heeding the warning of Jefferson.

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Lincoln also said, "If the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by the Supreme Court … the people will have ceased to be their own rulers." The Flag Amendment was about people heeding the warnings of Lincoln and asserting their right to rule.

Something needs to be done about these black-robed constitutional miscreants. I would begin by stripping them of their robes, taking them off their thrones and putting them in working clothes at the same level of those they are supposed to serve. We left Europe to get away from elites in robes sitting on thrones.

We can hope that the people voting in November's elections made it known that the court was in their sights and that Trump will revoke the damages these marauders of our Constitution are doing to America.

As for Kaepernick, he is the new normal, so much of which is evil. Unfortunately, he is a hero to many blacks. Better they have as a hero William Carney, a 23-year-old ex-slave who believed he could best serve his God by serving his country in the Civil War. The flag was vital in combat at the time for communication and direction in battle. When the flag bearer was shot, Carney dropped his rifle and caught the flag before it hit the ground. He then led his fellow soldiers through the battle while being shot in right leg, the chest, the right arm, his left leg and his head. When he finally dragged himself in to camp to the cheers of his fellow soldiers, he said, "I only did my duty. Our flag never touched the ground." How different was this humble, poor black soldier from the arrogant rich black athlete.