Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Authorizing Congress to Prohibit the Physical Desecration of the Flag: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, on S.J. Res. 40 ... July 8, 1998, Volume 4 |
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Page 59 - IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be forwarded to the President of the United States, to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress. State of
Page 53 - 2. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each Member of the Arizona Congressional Delegation.
Page 121 - sense. It is not extravagant to say that to all lovers of the country it signifies government resting on the consent of the governed; liberty regulated by law; the protection of the weak against the strong; security against the exercise of arbitrary power; and absolute safety for free institutions against foreign aggression.
Page 110 - Supreme Court declared in Texas v. Johnson, We can imagine no more appropriate response to burning a flag than by waving one's own * * * We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in so doing we dilute the freedom that this cherished emblem represents.
Page 62 - that Congress and the states shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward
Page 76 - and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the President of the United States Senate, and to each
Page 12 - and again in US v. Eichman the following year, to punish those who desecrate the flag for political or social purposes would violate "the bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment * * * that the Government may not prohibit expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable.
Page 80 - to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the New Hampshire
Page 77 - of the United States. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of State send copies of this resolution to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and each member of
Page 91 - of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the members of