The next time your in court will you ask the judge why there is a gold fringe on the flag?
Remember that you swore an oath to uphold the CONSTITUTION?
Title 4 U.S.C. 3 provides that anything put on the Title 4 U.S.C. 1,2 Flag (gold fringe) MUTILATES the Flag, and carries a one-year prison term. This is confirmed by the authority of title 36 U.S.C. 176 (G). The gold fringe is the fourth color and represents “color of law” , and, when placed on the title 4 U.S.C. 1,2 Flag, mutilates the Flag and suspends the organic Constitution for the United States of America, and establishes “color of law”. (Refer to title 18 U.S.C. 242. See Black’s Law Dictionary).
The only statute or regulation, in the United States, prescribing a yellow fringed United States flag is Army Regulation No. 260-10, making it a military flag.
The adornments on the top of the flag pole are for military use only.
Does your courtroom have a flag of admirality in it?
2007-02-27 02:37:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Please look up "Color of law" in your law dictionary.
Good luck and God Bless
2007-02-27 02:38:46 · update #1
Thank-you very much for this information! I so ignorant of this fact actually just thought it made for a nice looking flag, now I know!
2007-02-27 04:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mercadies2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The quote below concerning gold fringe on the Flag is from the book "So Proudly We Hail, The History of the United States Flag" Smithsonian Institute Press 1981, by Wiliam R. Furlong and Byron McCandless. "The placing of a fringe on Our Flag is optional with the person of organization, and no Act of Congress or Executive Order either prohibits the practice, according to the Institute of Hearaldry. Fringe is used on indoor flags only, as fringe on flags on outdoor flags would deteriorate rapidly. The fringe on a Flag is considered and 'honorable enrichment only', and its official use by the US Army dates from 1895.. A 1925 Attorney General's Opinion states: 'the fringe does not appear to be regarded as an integral part of the Flag, and its presence cannot be said to constitute an unauthorized addition to the design prescribed by statute. An external fringe is to be distinguished from letters, words, or emblematic designs printed or superimposed upon the body of the flag itself. Under law, such additions might be open to objection as unauthorized; but the same is not necessarily true of the fringe.'"
The gold trim is generally used on ceremonial indoor flags that are used for special services and is believed to have been first used in a military setting. It has no specific significance that I have ever run across, and its (gold trim) use is in compliance with applicable flag codes and laws.
Source is http://www.usflag.org/colors.html
2007-02-27 12:19:40 · answer #2 · answered by thanson73 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
THanson is correct. The gold fringe is not "mutilation" of the flag and is not a violation of the United States Code.
You may not like it, I understand, but it is not a violation of the law.
2007-02-27 13:18:34 · answer #3 · answered by Lt. Dan reborn 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋