He has ignored death threats and asked the Supreme Court to intervene in what so far has been an unsuccessful federal lawsuit claiming the flag promotes white supremacy and violates the equal-protection rights of black Mississippians. [In Mississippi, defenders of the state flag dig in ]It seems it would be a substantial lift to ask the Supreme Court to tell a state it cannot fly the flag it favors. The state of Mississippi did not bother to file a response to Moore’s Supreme Court petition. “So at least somebody at the Supreme Court does not think it is frivolous,” Moore said. or a state could incorporate a Nazi swastika, as an endorsement of Aryan/white supremacy, in its state flag.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2017 17:26 UTC