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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1996.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Constitutional amendments. Freedom of speech. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
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.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.