Letting the People Decide: The Constitutional Amendment Authorizing Congress to Prohibit the Physical Desecration of the Flag of the United States : Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, March 10, 2004U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 229 páginas |
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... respect the views of veterans on both sides of this issue , of course . But I want to note some of the veterans who have op- posed it . Senator John Glenn , who is a combat veteran , wrote , " The flag is the Nation's most powerful and ...
... respect the views of veterans on both sides of this issue , of course . But I want to note some of the veterans who have op- posed it . Senator John Glenn , who is a combat veteran , wrote , " The flag is the Nation's most powerful and ...
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... respect the flag . The American people have shown they respect the flag . In the neighborhood I live in when I am here in Washington dur- ing session , there are a number of homes owned by foreign embas- sies . The day after September ...
... respect the flag . The American people have shown they respect the flag . In the neighborhood I live in when I am here in Washington dur- ing session , there are a number of homes owned by foreign embas- sies . The day after September ...
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... respect to the flag , not a single one . None of us thinks it is okay to burn the flag . None of us views the flag as just a piece of cloth . On those rare occasions when some malcontent defiles or burns our flag , I join every single ...
... respect to the flag , not a single one . None of us thinks it is okay to burn the flag . None of us views the flag as just a piece of cloth . On those rare occasions when some malcontent defiles or burns our flag , I join every single ...
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... respect to the flag , not fewer . Will the new law deter these acts ? Of course not . Will the amendment make these acts any more des- picable than they are today ? Certainly not . Will it make us love the flag any more than we do today ...
... respect to the flag , not fewer . Will the new law deter these acts ? Of course not . Will the amendment make these acts any more des- picable than they are today ? Certainly not . Will it make us love the flag any more than we do today ...
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... respect and pride in the flag . In fact ... taking steps to require citizens to respect the flag sullies its significance and sym- bolism . " Senator Chafee's words still bring us a brisk , cool wind of caution . What kind of symbol of ...
... respect and pride in the flag . In fact ... taking steps to require citizens to respect the flag sullies its significance and sym- bolism . " Senator Chafee's words still bring us a brisk , cool wind of caution . What kind of symbol of ...
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Página 85 - At the same time the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Página 129 - The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Página 64 - But freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order...
Página 69 - If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable...
Página 97 - One who loves the Union will love the State in which he resides, and love both of the common country and of the State will diminish in proportion as respect for the flag is weakened. Therefore a State will be wanting in care for the well-being of its people if it ignores the fact that they regard the flag as a symbol of their country's power and prestige, and will be impatient if any open disrespect is shown towards it.
Página 91 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Página 128 - ... varying attitudes and tastes for displaying something as ubiquitous as the United States flag or representations of it, it could hardly be the purpose of the Massachusetts legislature to make criminal every informal use of the flag. The statutory language under which Goguen was charged, however, fails to draw reasonably clear lines between the kinds of nonceremonial treatment that are criminal and those that are not.
Página 40 - The Flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
Página 96 - Surely one of the high purposes of a democratic society is to legislate against conduct that is regarded as evil and profoundly offensive to the majority of people — whether it be murder, embezzlement, pollution, or flag burning.
Página 197 - Democrats — attitudes that would have seemed odd thirty years ago, when I worked for Senator Robert Kennedy, but that now seem to be taken for granted. I. ARGUMENTS ABOUT (SUPPOSED) EFFECTS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT: TRIVIALIZATION AND EXAGGERATION The central focus of argument against the flag amendment involves the (supposedly) likely effects of its ratification. Typically, these effects are — at one and the same time— trivialized and exaggerated.