Monday, September 25, 2017

Trump’s Call for Firing NFL Players Is Not a Violation of Their Rights

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When President Trump said he would like to see NFL players who disrespect the flag fired, some mistakenly thought this was a call for a violation of their constitutionally protected right of free speech — wrong.



via Steve Byas at New American
 Steve Byas is a professor of History & Government at Randall University, in Norman, Oklahoma. For nearly four decades he has been a publishing partnet of the Oklahoma Constitution newspaper. His publication is highly regarded in political circles and among the conservative base. The publication's annual Conservative Index is a scoring of each of the 149 state legislators. It has become a standard for identifying the core principles (or lack thereof) of each elected official in the legislature.
  Professor Byas is also a respected adviser to several political leaders and a recent delegate to the Republican National Convention. His commitment to Liberty and Judao-Christian principles has been an influence upon Oklahoma's Conservative movement.