Outrage vs. Tradition, Wrapped in a High-Flying Flag of Dixie
By ALAN BLINDER and MANNY FERNANDEZ
JUNE 19, 2015
... That symbol has to come down, Cornell William Brooks, the national president of the N.A.A.C.P., said at a news conference here, calling it an emblem of hate. That symbol must be removed from our state capital ... I think its a conversation that were going to have, said State Senator Tom Davis, a Republican who represents Beaufort County in the Legislature. But he added: Nothing is going to happen simply within the walls of that chamber without the people making their voice heard. Theres a sense in the institution itself that this issue was resolved ... South Carolina law gives only the Legislature power to make changes to the Confederate battle flag display, and they must be approved by supermajorities in both the House and the Senate. After years of being thwarted, opponents of flying the Confederate battle flag said this time there may be enough public outcry and rage to compel legislative action ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/20/us/outrage-vs-tradition-wrapped-in-a-confederate-flag.html?_r=0
merrily
(45,251 posts)of the first state to secede, the first to fire on the USA?
Craptastic.
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)provision in the law is complete nonsense IMO: I don't think one legislative session can bind a later one in that manner
But when they turn to trying to change it, we'll likely hear such moaning and groaning, and whooping and hollering, and wailing and gnashing, that everybody will remember just what the old saying meant: SC is too small to be a republic and too large to be an insane asylum
merrily
(45,251 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)the legislature to enact laws that no future legislature could repeal without a two-thirds vote, so I don't think it's sanctioned by the SC constitution
merrily
(45,251 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)The compromise got the flag off the dome. The legislature said "only we can say where it flies" -- and they said it would fly nearby at the Confederate Soldier memorial. It's been long enough ago now that the "compromise" can probably be revisited