Much like the sky, our nation's flag is too powerful an entity to concede as a symbol of conservatism and exclusion.

O say can you see ... a roundup of national anthem facts that give the "Star-Spangled Banner" a whole new meaning?

But Scalia used flag burning as an example of how freedom comes first. “If it were up to me, I would put in jail every … weirdo who burns the American flag.