I canÂ’t help but be amused by Richard CohenÂ’s criticism of Hillary! for supporting a ban on flag-burning.

The First Amendment is where you simply do not go. It is sacred. It protects our most cherished rights -- religion, speech, press and assembly -- and while I sometimes turn viscerally angry when I see the flag despoiled, my emotions are akin to what I feel when neo-Nazis march. Repugnant or not, popular or not, it is all political speech. Her sponsorship of the flag measure calls for reconsideration all around -- either by Hillary Clinton and her support of the flag bill or by liberals and their support of her.

Does anyone know if Cohen is so absolutist on freedom of political speech with regard to McCain-Feingold? Or does he privilege flag-burning and Nazi marches over citizen participation in the democratic process?

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