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Eichman, which was decided exactly 25 years ago, on June 11, 1990, the Supreme Court once again ruled that burning the flag was an example of constitutionally protected free speech.
President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday a penalty – including possible jail time or loss of citizenship – for burning the American flag, in spite of two US Supreme Court rulings that ...
The Supreme Court rules that the Flag Protection Act violates free speech rights. 1995. By a vote of 312 to 120, the House passes a constitutional flag amendment. In the Senate, however, the amendment ...
Congress is once again considering a constitutional amendment to ban the desecration of the American flag. The proposal, introduced this spring in the Senate by David Vitter (R., La.), and ...
Free the Flag – Teacher Resource (PDF) Aboriginal flag copyright transferred to Commonwealth, as artist agrees to make flag freely available to all - ABC News.
Free pamphlet explains flag etiquette. By By June 21, 2005. With the Fourth of July weekend approaching, the United Spinal Association, a national veterans service organization based in New York ...
Punishing students for wearing T-shirts with the American flag is a clear violation of their free speech rights. The ACLU of Northern California responded to the incident by sending a letter (PDF) to ...
Kid Rock had introduced the flag into his shows during the early 2000s, and in a 2002 Free Press interview he defended its use, calling it a symbol of Southern rock and rebellion.
A group of state lawmakers have unfurled a proposal to change New Hampshire’s official state flag: They want to add the phrase “Live Free or Die,” which would be the first update to the flag ...
The Supreme Court has twice affirmed the right to desecrate the American flag as a form of free speech – a historically contentious issue – in cases before the high court in 1989 and 1990.