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Is the Confederate flag unconstitutional?

  • Written by: The Conversation
imagePeople in Columbia, SC speak out.Perry B McLeod, CC BY-SA

The tragedy in Charleston has revived the movement to take the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds.

On Monday June 22 - five days after the shooting in the AME Emanuel Church - South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley called a press conference to announce that,

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