Appeals court hears Missouri flag desecration case

Friday, January 17, 2014

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri's flag desecration law "dilutes the very freedom" that makes the flag so beloved, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union told a federal appeals court panel Thursday.

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