CFA Flag Amendment Key Points

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: June 16, 2006 | Copyright information

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Editors: The flag amendment, Sen. Joint Res. 12, is scheduled for a vote in the U.S. Senate the week of June 26. The following are key points offered by the Citizens Flag Alliance pertaining to this issue for use in covering this issue.

Genesis of the issue: In 1989 the US Supreme Court found that flag burning and other forms of desecrating Old Glory are "free expression," protected by the First Amendment. That decision wiped out flag protection laws in 48 states and at the federal level; many of those laws stood for 100 years.

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