Is burning a draft card protected by the first amenment?

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Jazz

9 March, 10:36

Is burning a draft card protected by the first amenment?

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Louis Barron · Answer 1

Yes, it is protected by the 1st amendment

Maeve Roy · Answer 2

One of them, United States v. O'Brien, was argued before the Supreme Court. The act of draft card burning was defended as a symbolic form of free speech, a constitutional right guaranteed by the First Amendment ... From 1965 to 1973, very few men in the US were convicted of burning their draft cards.