Flag Protection : A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendments.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Constitutional amendments.
• Federal government.
• Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides a brief history of the conflict between flag protection and free speech since passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1968, and reviews flag protection decisions of the Supreme Court and efforts to enact a constitutional amendment to allow punishment of flag desecration to the States.

Notes:

• Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
• CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Flag Protection

Access Restriction:

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