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

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This report is divided into two parts. The first gives a brief history of the flag protection issue, from the enactment of the Flag Protection Act in 1968 through current consideration of a constitutional amendment. The second part briefly summarizes the two decisions of the United States Supreme Court, Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, that struck down the state and federal flag protection statutes as applied in the context punishing expressive conduct.

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Luckey, John R. June 4, 2003.

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This report is divided into two parts. The first gives a brief history of the flag
protection issue, from the enactment of the Flag Protection Act in 1968 through
current consideration of a constitutional amendment. The second part briefly
summarizes the two decisions of the United States Supreme Court, Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, that struck down the state and federal flag protection statutes as applied in the context punishing expressive conduct.

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11 Pages.

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Luckey, John R. Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment, report, June 4, 2003; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs3934/: accessed October 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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