AFLC Senior Counsel Robert Muise discusses AFLC's challenge to a California high school's ban on American flag shirts during a school-sanctioned Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) celebration in 2010.
I would continue to defy the school by any means necessary! I would defy the court order to ban the American flag! Fight on! The hell with political correctness!
what can you expect,it's California,the most screwed up State in the Union!!!! Get rid of that traitor brown,along with his buttbuddies,and maybe get the State turned around!!!!!
@@troyadamson8618 the Red White and Blue - if you want the Mexican flag, Go south side of the Rio Grande... Only one Flag belongs, only the Independence of the 4th of July is a Holiday in this country - May 5th. Is south side of the border independence event and has nothing to do with the United States of America... May 1st. is an Communist USSR holiday - don't belong here...
Dearh before dishonor! Fly the flag of our country over all flags! We all should be proud of our heritage! But America first! The rest of the world always looks to us the USA to see what we will do first in any situation!
2010 under Dictator Odumbo was when this happened. A total disgrace to American and true Americans of every color and race. He proved is Kenyan birth and Muslim beliefs.
Got news for ya they are doing worse now. It's no better then2010 and won't be any better until all the criminals in our schools are dealt with. Gitmo the s.o.bs
I am wondering why I am just now hearing about this. I lived in California in 2010 and never heard about this situation. If we had, you would have seen a bunch of us at that school showing them our Patriotic Pride which should be shown every day of the year in every town across this nation. I would very much like to know how this case turned out as obviously these students have now graduated. Always remember, #WWG1WGA #MAGA
God bless those students. Other students might be offended? Welcome to America. Bet they like having a free education, if not, go back to your motherland. I would be proud for my son to stand up for our flag!
I celebrate 2 February. No, not Groundhog's Day. It's the anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. What's that? The treaty that concluded the Mexican-American War and which the unconditional surrender of Mexico resulted in huge parcels of land (all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) being ceded to the U.S. and the establishment of America's southern border. It also marks the one and only time where granting amnesty to non-Americans (in this case Mexicans living in the ceded lands) to give them citizenship was actually the correct thing to do.
This is AMERICA!!!!! We need to honor our flag regardless of time or dare. This is not Mexico THIS IS THE USA!!!!. STOP THE DOUBLE STANDARDS. GO HOME!!!!!
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American … There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag … We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language … and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.” Theodore Roosevelt 1907
Here's the problem, while we tell them to become Americans in every way....the crooked culture we now have in America tells them not to, so, if you can ban the unamerican culture of the liberal left, we will never have the America our forefathers set up for us, remember, a house divided cannot stand, but will have an end. İn the age we are in now, the pride of being an American has no place for illegals, America is there for the taking, for those coming in according to our laws, there HEART is set on becoming an American because they see the dead end road of there country of origin, usually people who immigrate to America want to leave there country and it's vestiges of life for a more perfect way of living, sadly when they now get here they are subject to the liberal way of thinking and ask themselves....hey didn't we leave a shithole to come here only to find out it's here to? Do you see the confusion?
@D do you know the word loyalty? Assimilation? Where's your heart? Those people came here and did those very things knowing full well they were destined to be AMERICAN'S AND NOTHING ELSE! PERIOD THE END! Today you have people from other countries breaking into a sovreign nation that was built by those people who became Americans in there heart's, now it's because there either fleeing justice or war, so to come here and be an American citizen is the furthest thing from there mind, they REFUSE to speak the one and only national language of ENGLISH! We're not the world's dumping ground of there cast aways, Were not a third world nation! You come here it's expected of you to be loyal to AMERICA and it's people, not to come here and still try to incorporate you home land to our American ideals, it does not work! No one is saying that vestiges of your Homeland will not remain in your heart, but your loyalty is now the U.S.! WE DONT NEED PEOPLE COMING HERE THINKING NOTHING IN THERE LIFE CAN REMAIN THE SAME! We have to many of those people now trying to change the American landscape to reflect there homelands, such as the great state of Michigan, the Muslims there are instituting the laws of there religion that our American constitution and laws cannot and will not allow, but there pig headed enough to believe they can do it anyway! You call yourself an American? You need to reevaluate your loyalties my supposed American friend, get this in your head, the left in this country has now become a party of treason, changing our beloved constitution to fit the PC narrative of a state that no longer respects the founding fathers or the blood that was spilled to secure it's freedom, and we the real Americans will not let that happen, either you are in, or your out.
It should be a law that the American flag is flown because this is our banner the one thing that we all recognize as our freedom our history and something that inspires pride
Oh so let's take their Federal funding from the school. That would put a lid on all this "offensive " mess. Always hit them in their pocketbooks, it turns things around very quickly.
I think that is the most disgusting thing I ever heard in my 77 years. This is America & that flag represent us... I go along with the poster below. No Flag, No Funding. I will add, No Citizen, No Welfare. No respect, none given.
ID LIKE THEM TO GO TELL THE UNITED NATIONS TO TAKE DOWN ALL THOSES FLAGS!!....WHAT FREAKING PLANET ARE WE ON AGAIN!!.....OH YEAH EARTH!!!!...MARS IS SOUNDING PRETTY GOOD NOW!!...
School officials are liberal and don't see that both flags should be honored because those students are a part of both countries and if they don't respect the American flag they don't belong here
In the 80’s my son and his Christian and patriotic friends had to go outside and stood around the flag pole and held hands ! I went to the principals office and told him I would buy all the Christian / patriotic T-shirt’s from a vender at the mall if he didn’t change the preposterous policy! It went to the school board sand eventually to the state Supreme Court! We won and the pledge was said over the intercom and a student said a prayer over the intercom right after the pledge! You have to be a little brazen to jar the courts to do they right thing! We need to demand change NOW BEFORE THE REVOLUTION TAKES HOLD!
This is unbelievable--happening in this Country. Such action by a school is malicious action against our Country. Both countries should be allowed to wear their colors--or no one should be allowed.
You mean you don't like our county , or honer our country, WELL go to the county you like I love this county and want it to stay just like it is. Thank GOD it is free !
Love these comments. These 3 guys are what America stands for,if the foreigners don't like it go back to wherever you came from! What's this world coming to?!👍🔴⚪🔵
MEMO for the record: "Cinco de Mayo" is an advertising campaign by a beer company, created by them, to boost beer sales. Nothing more, nothing less. There has never been that holiday or celebratory event in history. There are many National Holidays in Mexico which are genuine., but, "Cinco de Mayo" is not a real one.
IMHO Anyone or any institution that finds the American flag offensive should find a country whose flag they like and go there and not come back. Because this is America you have the right to do that. Dont need you here!
I hope this school district isn't receiving any federal money. I would hate to think we were paying them to disrespect the American flag. Maybe Mexico would help with money for the school district.
God Bless America and May the American Flag Fly Free to Represent Our Freedom All Over The United States I served in Vietnam my uncles in Germany and Korea my nephew in Iraq God Bless America. Amen
America is going crazy soft ...shame ! Our flag is National pride in our country and doesnt matter what immigrant is offended ! This is our country and immigrants , legal or illegal can go to their corner of a country or Keep their feelings in their chest . This is our USA , this is American peoples home !
This is America not Mexico and these officials should not have made those students take the shirts off!!!! But allowed the Mexican students wear clothes that were Mexican colors. This is America and if they are ashamed of the American flag then go to another country!!!!
We are going to have to learn that not all people want the flag staring them in their face. We have many people from different countries around the world, and many people feel offended to be a forced captive audience for the flag. It is time to take down flags everywhere, they are not necessary and only incite outrage among others. Maybe it is time we started showing respect for others instead of American smugness!
I suppose they would take down the American flag that was raised on Mt Sarbauchi on Iwo Jima too if they could, and maybe punish the Marines who fought and died to raise it there.
Number one those teachers need to lose their jobs and not be able to teach in the United States Of America. Number two if the American flag bothers people from another country and their here then leave the United States our flag to honor and we will display it any way any where we like. What happened to the time when in this country it was against the law to desecrate our flag. This law needs to be reinstated for the good of our country and its legal citizen.
I cannot even watch this I can not believe how much our country is sucking I am married to a Mexican and have four half Mexican step kids non of us in this house would ever disrespect our flag
9th circuit is slowly being changed from liberal to more conservative due to appointments by Donald Trump. Some Chicanos think that Cinquo de Mayo to be Mexican independence way.
What do you expect from California. The rest of the states should stop giving funds stop all government assistance to this state teach them that if you bite the hand that feeds you you will get slapped like a dog and kick out of the house
This disrespect of America Flag make a statement from the school that they can put a Mexico Flag above America Flag. Its a full disrespect of the America Flag to fly under another foreign country flag on United States soiled. No matter what cerebration they did on that day, you are on America soiled and have that right to wear America flag anytime and any place in the United States. As for the 9th Court some one better have them read the United States civilian and military codes of our American flag. Maybe court that made the rule are from Mexico?
We are in deep troubles with the American flag .to many rules going around hurting good people good thoughts..the school is getting out of hand .that prolbem we have that now everyone is ok to distory our idea to become honey and repest we're are now living .... These young people should be happy they this behavior there were. Going to be send back where they came from
Anyone who disrespects or bans the American flag needs to leave.
its a fact of life you can't fix stupid
Everyone in America should be able to honor America with our flag no matter what day it is!
You have traitors running some of these schools fire them all .
Assistant principal is hispanic...time for nationwide sweep for ALL illegal aliens
Kick him out .Our country does not need his kind here!
Good for those 3 students. It's tough to stand your ground with that much perpressure. They are truly strong in what it means to be USA citizens.
"Perpressure?" You must be a product of the American public school system laughingly called "Public Education."
I would continue to defy the school by any means necessary! I would defy the court order to ban the American flag! Fight on! The hell with political correctness!
Be sure to comment on my mistake using "some and all".
That School District is a discrase to the United States.
what can you expect,it's California,the most screwed up State in the Union!!!! Get rid of that traitor brown,along with his buttbuddies,and maybe get the State turned around!!!!!
*disgrace
"Discrase"? You must be a product of the American public school system laughingly called "Public Education".
have we lost ALL TOUCH WITH REALITY......COME ON .... FIRST WE GIVE UP SANTA AND CHRISTMAS IN OUR SCHOOLS.. NOW OUR FLAG........
William Dean look again he spelled disgrace correctly , maybe you should see an eye doctor 😳
Cut the funding it comes from that flag
Deport them - the flag belongs here, there on the wrong side of the wall
William Buck only in Califmexico
What flag are you talking about?
@@troyadamson8618 the Red White and Blue - if you want the Mexican flag, Go south side of the Rio Grande... Only one Flag belongs, only the Independence of the 4th of July is a Holiday in this country - May 5th. Is south side of the border independence event and has nothing to do with the United States of America...
May 1st. is an Communist USSR holiday - don't belong here...
My words Exactly, Cut ANY FUNDING !
Dearh before dishonor! Fly the flag of our country over all flags! We all should be proud of our heritage! But America first! The rest of the world always looks to us the USA to see what we will do first in any situation!
Fight for America/And Fight for the United States of America Flag/ RED, WHITE,AND BLUE
# 1, # 2020 # GO
TRUMP
It sad when you can't honor your own flag but the Mexican can it time to stand up for American
GOD IS CALLING ALL AMERICA TO STAND FOR OUR COUNTRY OR IT WILL FALL
Fire the teachers and cut funding to school.
This happened back in 2010? Who was President in 2010? Enough said. Try this now. #MAGA
obama democrap joke. you do not love this country you can get the hell out and I will be more than happy to show you the freaking door! MAGA
2010 under Dictator Odumbo was when this happened. A total disgrace to American and true Americans of every color and race. He proved is Kenyan birth and Muslim beliefs.
OBAMA WHAT THE FUCK .
Got news for ya they are doing worse now. It's no better then2010 and won't be any better until all the criminals in our schools are dealt with. Gitmo the s.o.bs
DISRESPECT THE FLAG THAT SO MANY DIED FOR AND YOU SHOULD PUT IN JAIL
i fly a american flag at my house and in defiance of our government of trying to tell us what we can or cant do i fly a confediret flag right under it
Roy Myers,I do to brother.
All federal funds should be stopped immediately
I am wondering why I am just now hearing about this. I lived in California in 2010 and never heard about this situation. If we had, you would have seen a bunch of us at that school showing them our Patriotic Pride which should be shown every day of the year in every town across this nation. I would very much like to know how this case turned out as obviously these students have now graduated. Always remember, #WWG1WGA #MAGA
no more federal funds for that district
Love it or leave it! MAGA !
God bless those students. Other students might be offended? Welcome to America. Bet they like having a free education, if not, go back to your motherland. I would be proud for my son to stand up for our flag!
They did this in Sonoma county California also.
I celebrate 2 February. No, not Groundhog's Day. It's the anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. What's that? The treaty that concluded the Mexican-American War and which the unconditional surrender of Mexico resulted in huge parcels of land (all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) being ceded to the U.S. and the establishment of America's southern border. It also marks the one and only time where granting amnesty to non-Americans (in this case Mexicans living in the ceded lands) to give them citizenship was actually the correct thing to do.
Thank you Robert, you made my day!!!
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA period.
Go for it and bless you, we are with you, sent them bag
Amen God bless America
The principal and teacher should be fired since this is AMERICA we fly the American flag
Ban the superintendent and all the school board.
I’m so happy to see some real Americans fighting back!!! Y’all are in my prayers. 👍🏻
This is AMERICA!!!!! We need to honor our flag regardless of time or dare. This is not Mexico THIS IS THE USA!!!!. STOP THE DOUBLE STANDARDS. GO HOME!!!!!
If the American flag offends you get the hell out of my country!
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American … There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag … We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language … and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
Here's the problem, while we tell them to become Americans in every way....the crooked culture we now have in America tells them not to, so, if you can ban the unamerican culture of the liberal left, we will never have the America our forefathers set up for us, remember, a house divided cannot stand, but will have an end. İn the age we are in now, the pride of being an American has no place for illegals, America is there for the taking, for those coming in according to our laws, there HEART is set on becoming an American because they see the dead end road of there country of origin, usually people who immigrate to America want to leave there country and it's vestiges of life for a more perfect way of living, sadly when they now get here they are subject to the liberal way of thinking and ask themselves....hey didn't we leave a shithole to come here only to find out it's here to? Do you see the confusion?
@D do you know the word loyalty? Assimilation? Where's your heart? Those people came here and did those very things knowing full well they were destined to be AMERICAN'S AND NOTHING ELSE! PERIOD THE END! Today you have people from other countries breaking into a sovreign nation that was built by those people who became Americans in there heart's, now it's because there either fleeing justice or war, so to come here and be an American citizen is the furthest thing from there mind, they REFUSE to speak the one and only national language of ENGLISH! We're not the world's dumping ground of there cast aways, Were not a third world nation! You come here it's expected of you to be loyal to AMERICA and it's people, not to come here and still try to incorporate you home land to our American ideals, it does not work! No one is saying that vestiges of your Homeland will not remain in your heart, but your loyalty is now the U.S.! WE DONT NEED PEOPLE COMING HERE THINKING NOTHING IN THERE LIFE CAN REMAIN THE SAME! We have to many of those people now trying to change the American landscape to reflect there homelands, such as the great state of Michigan, the Muslims there are instituting the laws of there religion that our American constitution and laws cannot and will not allow, but there pig headed enough to believe they can do it anyway! You call yourself an American? You need to reevaluate your loyalties my supposed American friend, get this in your head, the left in this country has now become a party of treason, changing our beloved constitution to fit the PC narrative of a state that no longer respects the founding fathers or the blood that was spilled to secure it's freedom, and we the real Americans will not let that happen, either you are in, or your out.
It should be a law that the American flag is flown because this is our banner the one thing that we all recognize as our freedom our history and something that inspires pride
It's been over 4yrs, so what has happened?
What can we the American Patriots do to help
Oh so let's take their Federal funding from the school. That would put a lid on all this "offensive " mess. Always hit them in their pocketbooks, it turns things around very quickly.
I think that is the most disgusting thing I ever heard in my 77 years. This is America & that flag represent us... I go along with the poster below. No Flag, No Funding. I will add, No Citizen, No Welfare. No respect, none given.
ID LIKE THEM TO GO TELL THE UNITED NATIONS TO TAKE DOWN ALL THOSES FLAGS!!....WHAT FREAKING PLANET ARE WE ON AGAIN!!.....OH YEAH EARTH!!!!...MARS IS SOUNDING PRETTY GOOD NOW!!...
School officials are liberal and don't see that both flags should be honored because those students are a part of both countries and if they don't respect the American flag they don't belong here
No both flags should not be flown!!! You should never fly 1 country's flag in another country. It is disrespectful
We should go McCarthy on all officials of the school district who made this rule and fire them without their benefits.
In the 80’s my son and his Christian and patriotic friends had to go outside and stood around the flag pole and held hands ! I went to the principals office and told him I would buy all the Christian / patriotic T-shirt’s from a vender at the mall if he didn’t change the preposterous policy! It went to the school board sand eventually to the state Supreme Court! We won and the pledge was said over the intercom and a student said a prayer over the intercom right after the pledge! You have to be a little brazen to jar the courts to do they right thing! We need to demand change NOW BEFORE THE REVOLUTION TAKES HOLD!
Any School that bans the American Flag any where should not be given Federal AMERICAN Tax payer funds
Cut all federal money to that school district and all other districts that support this.
I’m outraged that this is even a discussion we should fly and wear the American flag anywhere and anytime in the USA
This is unbelievable--happening in this Country. Such action by a school is malicious action against our Country. Both countries should be allowed to wear their colors--or no one should be allowed.
withhold all tax money from the school district until they understand that this is America and citizens have rights that shall not be infringed.
Where is the petition I'll sign it
no U.S. flag, no U.S. funding and Supreme court bound
Shame on those who banned the American Flag, whether flown on a Pole or worn as a shirt!
vote out any school board member who does not honor American values. vote, vote, vote
Any school or town anything that bans the flag should lose the tax dollars.
Since when is "STINKY MAYO" a United States of America national holiday? I guess I didn't get the memo!
Fire the board and dissolve the entire school district.
4/1/19....This is America!
NOBODY is allowed to disrespect MY AMERICAN FLAG ON MY PROPERTY!
Consider yourself warned!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Close the school down.. Stop their funding
You mean you don't like our county , or honer our country, WELL go to the county you like I love this county and want it to stay just like it is. Thank GOD it is free !
That is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. Someone needs the hell slapped out of them!!! They also need a severe lesson in patriotism!!!
Love these comments. These 3 guys are what America stands for,if the foreigners don't like it go back to wherever you came from! What's this world coming to?!👍🔴⚪🔵
We must all stay strong on being proud of our country and not let others try to take over.
We have lost it----What ever it was
MEMO for the record: "Cinco de Mayo" is an advertising campaign by a beer company, created by them, to boost beer sales. Nothing more, nothing less. There has never been that holiday or celebratory event in history. There are many National Holidays in Mexico which are genuine., but, "Cinco de Mayo" is not a real one.
Build the WALL!!
IMHO Anyone or any institution that finds the American flag offensive should find a country whose flag they like and go there and not come back. Because this is America you have the right to do that. Dont need you here!
I hope this school district isn't receiving any federal money. I would hate to think we were paying them to disrespect the American flag. Maybe Mexico would help with money for the school district.
lets take our country back and show these things that we will fly our flag anywhere anytime we want
Most Mexicans don't even know what it means other then it's the 5th of May.
WTF!!!
This ain't Mexico, 5 De Mayo is not an American holiday, what's wrong with you people
I wish this happened in Lincoln Nebraska. Instead of happening in California
what's worn on Independence Day, 4th of July?
When you become an American citizen, you embrace the American flag!
I use to not support Trump, but I do now, because of his policy on immigrants.
Example of the rights of the criminals
indeed
When my Brother Marines raised a flag over Iwo Jima it wasn't a Mexican or Islamic Flag. It was the Flag of the United States.
I'll bet the Mexican flag flies proud.
God Bless America and May the American Flag Fly Free to Represent Our Freedom All Over The United States I served in Vietnam my uncles in Germany and Korea my nephew in Iraq God Bless America. Amen
This is America not Mexico, or Islamic country! No flag other than a state or American flag should be flown in the USA!
America is going crazy soft ...shame ! Our flag is National pride in our country and doesnt matter what immigrant is offended ! This is our country and immigrants , legal or illegal can go to their corner of a country or Keep their feelings in their chest . This is our USA , this is American peoples home !
statute says if you take federal money you MUST fly the American flag! so give back the money. being sovern cost money!
This is America not Mexico and these officials should not have made those students take the shirts off!!!! But allowed the Mexican students wear clothes that were Mexican colors. This is America and if they are ashamed of the American flag then go to another country!!!!
We are going to have to learn that not all people want the flag staring them in their face. We have many people from different countries around the world, and many people feel offended to be a forced captive audience for the flag. It is time to take down flags everywhere, they are not necessary and only incite outrage among others. Maybe it is time we started showing respect for others instead of American smugness!
The American Flag will be from coast to coast and the northern border to the southern border.And also in the entire states of Alaska and Hawaii
Close the school, go online, or home school.
vote the school board members out of office, they should be elected and can lose their cushy jobs by the vote. vote, vote, vote.
I suppose they would take down the American flag that was raised on Mt Sarbauchi on Iwo Jima too if they could, and maybe punish the Marines who fought and died to raise it there.
I don't care if kids celebrate Cinco De Mayo. Banning the American flag to not offend them is completely wrong and unconstitutional.
Here is an idea....NO FLAG.....NO FEDERAL FUNDING
no more federal funds for that schoo ldistric
Number one those teachers need to lose their jobs and not be able to teach in the United States Of America. Number two if the American flag bothers people from another country and their here then leave the United States our flag to honor and we will display it any way any where we like. What happened to the time when in this country it was against the law to desecrate our flag. This law needs to be reinstated for the good of our country and its legal citizen.
It's CA - already a lost cause.
people must be fired!
I cannot even watch this I can not believe how much our country is sucking I am married to a Mexican and have four half Mexican step kids non of us in this house would ever disrespect our flag
This is an outrage.
This isn't America anymore
if they ban the flag ban their money
9th circuit is slowly being changed from liberal to more conservative due to appointments by Donald Trump. Some Chicanos think that Cinquo de Mayo to be Mexican independence way.
What do you expect from California. The rest of the states should stop giving funds stop all government assistance to this state teach them that if you bite the hand that feeds you you will get slapped like a dog and kick out of the house
Cinco de Mayo is not celebrated in Mexico and is largly a border city celebration sponsored by beer companise.
The American flag should be the only flag allowed in America.
This disrespect of America Flag make a statement from the school that they can put a Mexico Flag above America Flag. Its a full disrespect of the America Flag to fly under another foreign country flag on United States soiled. No matter what cerebration they did on that day, you are on America soiled and have that right to wear America flag anytime and any place in the United States. As for the 9th Court some one better have them read the United States civilian and military codes of our American flag. Maybe court that made the rule are from Mexico?
We are in deep troubles with the American flag .to many rules going around hurting good people good thoughts..the school is getting out of hand .that prolbem we have that now everyone is ok to distory our idea to become honey and repest we're are now living .... These young people should be happy they this behavior there were. Going to be send back where they came from
Take it to Supreme court..
I knew this had to be a California school.