[DOC] [TLE] Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix [PAR] Dec 19, 2010 ... A measure defeated in 1990 would have allowed states to prosecute persons 
who desecrated this. Would this be the American Flag? Reply . [DOC] [TLE] 69 006 106 th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ... [PAR] The amendment itself does not prohibit flag desecration. .... Eichman in 1990, 
punishing the physical desecration of the flag was considered ... The States and 
the Federal Government have the power to protect the flag from acts of 
desecration. .... 33 would propose amending the Constitution to allow the 
Congress to enact... [DOC] [TLE] 89 006 107 th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ... [PAR] The amendment itself does not prohibit flag desecration. ... in a manner in which `
`the actor knows will seriously offend one or more persons ... \9\496 U.S. 310 (
1990). ..... This would allow States and the Congress to prevent a situation 
whereby a ..... they could have and should have been prosecuted for a number of 
crimes. [DOC] [TLE] 99 008 104 th Congress Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ... [PAR] On June 21, 1990, the house considered H.J. Res. ... Mr. Reed offered an 
amendment to substitute physical desecration of the flag of the United States with 
a ... The Reed amendment was defeated by a rollcall vote of 6 22. .... More 
importantly, it would have allowed Congress and the States to criminalize 
conduct, such as... [DOC] [TLE] S. Rept. 108-334 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT ... [PAR] All fifty states have passed resolutions calling on Congress to pass a flag 
amendment. ... But the proposed amendment would not affect anyone's ability to 
express any ... the measure made a point of labeling flag desecration 
reprehensible conduct. ... That changed in 1989 and 1990 when the Supreme 
Court ruled that flag... [DOC] [TLE] TO PROHIBIT THE PHYSICAL DESECRATION OF ... - Congress.gov [PAR] Jun 5, 1997 ... the physical desecration of the flag of the United States, having .... 54 proposes to 
amend the Constitution to allow Con- ... The amendment itself does not prohibit 
flag dese- ... fend one or more persons likely to observe or discover his action.''2 
.... Opponents of the amendment have argued that H.J. Res. [DOC] [TLE] Senate Report 108-334 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ... [PAR] All fifty states have passed resolutions calling on Congress to pass a flag 
amendment. ... But the proposed amendment would not affect anyone's ability to 
express any ... measure made a point of labeling flag desecration reprehensible 
conduct. ... On June 11, 1990, the Supreme Court struck down the Flag Protection 
Act in... [DOC] [TLE] CRS/LII Annotated Constitution First Amendment [PAR] 177 The Court indicated that its precedents supported measures that would 
require ... that persons could canvas housetohouse for charitable or political 
purposes. ... 190 When conduct or action has a communicative content to it, 
governmental ... Johnson199 the Court rejected a state desecration statute 
designed to... [DOC] [TLE] The Flag Burning Issue - Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount ... [PAR] 1-1-1990 .... and federal prosecutors the discretion to prosecute only those who 
dese- ... tion of the flag would be held constitutional provided that criminal liabil- 
... the states have an interest in prohibiting desecration of the flag.l" The ...... of the 
members of each house, the vote meant that the measure was defeated. Id. 135. [DOC] [TLE] The Great 1989-1990 Flag Flap - Institutional Repository - University ... [PAR] Sep 1, 1990 ... D. The Supreme Court and Flag Desecration Before Johnson .............. 59 ... 
Vietnam era, and many dissenters were prosecuted under flag desecra- tion laws 
for ... will have difficulty understanding the basis for this controversy. Like .... State
,'9 a Texas flag burning case that preceded Spence, the court of. [DOC] [TLE] Hillary Clinton on Civil Rights - OnTheIssues.org [PAR] CLINTON: We have to restore policing that will actually protect the communities 
.... The letter said [that] wording would make it more difficult to prosecute ... Q: 
Should states be allowed to display the Confederate flag on government property
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Question: A measure defeated in 1990 would have allowed states to prosecute persons who desecrated this
Answer: the American flag