Forum Newsfront
July, 1971
Up the FlagpoleWashington, D. C.--The U. S. Supreme Court, by dividing evenly, upheld the flag-desecration conviction of New York City art-gallery owner Stephen Radich, who exhibited a construction consisting of a U. S. flag draped around a sculptured penis. Attorneys for the exhibitor argued that the constitutional guarantee of free speech means that artistic expression may not be punished even if it holds the flag up to contempt. Four members of the Court did not salute when this proposition w...
