A North Carolina city has filed a lawsuit against a business for allegedly violating a city ordinance by flying an American flag that is significantly larger than what the city permits. He says that position is specific to the American flag. The company has received support from more than 150,000 people who have signed a petition entitled “Let …
Attorney Rebecca Glenberg, left, with the ACLU, and Bryton Mellott, center, of Urbana, listen to Ed Yohnka, right, director of communications with the ACLU, during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 in Champaign. Mellott who was arrested after posting pictures of himself burning an American flag in 2016, is suing in federal court to have the Illinois’ flag desecration law declared …
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday, which sought to change the Mississippi state flag, according to ABC affiliate WLOX. Friday, Attorney Carlos Moore announced his intention to appeal the dismissal. Moore filed the suit, asking the flag be declared an unconstitutional relic of slavery.
A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to have the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag declared an unconstitutional relic of slavery. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled that the attorney who filed the suit, Carlos Moore, failed to show the emblem caused a “cognizable legal injury.” However, in dismissing the suit, Reeves also picked apart arguments made …