Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Authorizing Congress to Prohibit the Physical Desecration of the Flag

S. HRG. 105-924

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU-
TION AUTHORIZING CONGRESS TO PROHIBIT
THE PHYSICAL DESECRATION OF THE FLAG

HEARING

BEFORE THE

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

JUN 09.1999

TRANSFER

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

S.J. Res. 40

A BILL PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES AUTHORIZING CONGRESS TO PROHIBIT THE PHYS-
ICAL DESECRATION OF THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES

55-230

JULY 8, 1998

Serial No. J-105-116

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., U.S. Senator from the State of Utah

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont
Feingold, Hon. Russell D., U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin
Thurmond, Hon. Strom, U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina
Ashcroft, Hon. John, U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Panel consisting of Gary G. Wetzel, Oak Creek, WI; Sean C. Stephenson,
LaGrange, IL; John Schneider, Westlake Village, CA; Tommy Lasorda,
Los Angeles, CA; and Marvin Virgil Stenhammar, Ashville, NC
Panel consisting of Richard D. Parker, Williams professor of law, Harvard
University Law School, Cambridge, MA; and Clint Bolick, vice president
and director of litigation, Institute for Justice, Washington, DC