American Flag with decoration

This is an issue where people ought to use common sense. Civil libertarians have made objections to the use of yellow fringe on the flag in a courtroom. The objection is that the yellow fringe represents admiralty jurisdiction. So, what is that?

Jurisdiction refers to who has the authority to hear your legal case and that you are subject to it. For example, in a divorce case, it is usually brought in the state court in which the defendant lives. That court has jurisdiction aka the authority over the defendant in the case. In the case of admiralty jurisdiction, it is referring to military law, or more specifically, maritime law. This is important to know in admiralty courts:

"When a federal court exercises admiralty jurisdiction over a case,13 it follows a special set of procedural rules. Notably, jury trials are unavailable in civil admiralty proceedings14 unless Congress provides otherwise.15 Thus, in federal admiralty proceedings, the judge typically decides issues of both law and fact. When a federal or state court exercises admiralty jurisdiction over a case, the judge must apply the substantive rules of federal maritime law..."

www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-3/section-2/clause-1/overview-of-admiralty-and-maritime-jurisdiction

Anyway, you walk into a courtroom. There is a flag in that courtroom. HOW do you tell the difference between a regular court of law and admiralty / maritime jurisdiction? That is made known by the flag that is being flown in the courtrooms. Now see this:

President Dwight David Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10834 on August 21, 1959. It is printed in the Federal Register at 24 F.R. 6865, pursuant to law, and says: “A military flag is a flag that resembles the regular flag of the United States, except that it has a yellow fringe border on three sides.”

The mainstream will tell you that this is a bogus argument, but I'm producing the law. Suppose for a moment the deniers were right. Suppose that the yellow fringe was a decoration. If that were the case, the judge could call a recess when someone challenges the flag, remove the flag with gold fringe and bring in a flag with no fringe. Problem solved and it would cost maybe $50. WHY would judges subject themselves to countless hours of motions and hearings challenging the yellow fringe UNLESS there were some reason (other than their ego and power trip attitude) to waste their time with bogus arguments over the yellow fringe flag? It's admiralty jurisdiction. Don't let anyone B.S. you. Think not? Go into court and start basing your case on the Constitution. See how fast they rule against you and kick you out of court.