...expression. It applies only to the flag. Its language is simple but eloquent: The Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. Our forefathers, with remarkable foresight, provided a mechanism for amending the Constitution. And...

...Michel and Montgomery, and endorsed by the President. That amendment reads: 'The Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the Flag of the United States.' The first, and perhaps most important, point to be made is that the amendment does not itself prohibit...

...I. The proposed amendment to the Constitution would provide as follows: The Congress and the Stales Shall have Power to Prohibit the Physical Desecration of The Flag of The United Slates. Texas v. Johnson is the case that gave rise to this proposed amendment. But it is not clear...

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...attention, and is endorsed by the President. The amendment would provide that "[t]he Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the Flag of the United States." This amendment would simply return to Congress and the States the power to prevent the physical desecration...

...the word "public" ought to be in here. Now, here is the way it reads. That Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. Someone suggested the word, "public," power to inhibit the public physical desecration of the flag...

...Cemetery, the president suggested an amendment that read: "The Congress and the States shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States."92 Public support for the amendment ran high immediately after the Court's decision, but summer...

...The proposed constitutional amendment endorsed by President Bush states: "The Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States." In this form, the amendment confers power onto Congress in the manner of Article I, but is ambiguous...

...these judgments. A popular version of this proposal would have provided: "The Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States."54 This proposed amendment was defeated in congressional votes in 1989 and 1990.55 I have no...

...the exact wording that it is today. And that wording, Mr. Chairman, is, 'The Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States." The reason that it is important to leave it as it is is this, Mr. Chairman. This is given to me by...