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The 66 to 34 vote fell just short of the two-thirds majority required to approve a constitutional amendment and submit it to the states for ratification. ... Polls show that most Americans want flag desecration outlawed, and the amendment's proponents said they were trying to stop justices from thwarting the public's will.
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062701056.html
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Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) said in a statement that she would "support federal legislation that would outlaw flag desecration, much like laws that currently prohibit the burning of crosses, but I don't believe a constitutional amendment is the answer."
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062202155.html
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Senate majority leader's position puts him at odds with Republican Whip Mitch McConnell, a leading opponent of constitutional ban on flag-burning. 03.13.06 ; Flag-protection group vows continued fight; Citizens Flag Alliance 'disappointed' by narrow defeat of flag-desecration amendment in Senate;
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www.firstamendmentcenter.org/Speech/flagburning/overvie...
www.firstamendmentcenter.org/Speech/flagburning/overview.aspx
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate by a single vote Tuesday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to ban desecrating the American flag. ... The Senate defeated by one vote a constitutional amendment banning desecration of the American flag...
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www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/flag.burning/
www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/flag.burning/
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The Court's decisions in the flag burning cases has led to numerous attempts to pass a constitutional amendment authorizing punishment of flag burning and mutilation, ... Proposed Anti-Flag Burning Amendment The Congress and the States shall have Power to Prohibit the Physical Desecration of the Flag of the United States.
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www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/flagbu...
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/flagburning.htm
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On Thursday May 25th, 1995, a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it illegal to burn the American flag passed its first test. The amendment passed the Constitution subcommittee 7-5 and went on to the full Judiciary Committee.
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www.usflag.org/amendment.html
www.usflag.org/amendment.html
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Many Americans are celebrating the holiday season and enjoying the fruitsof another fall harvest. Yet many of the foods, in fact one third of them,are now threatened by an emerging pollination crisis. It is a virtualsecret that one of America's most important pollinators, the honey bee isbeing decimated.
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www.democracynow.org/1997/12/29/forgotten_pollinators_a...
www.democracynow.org/1997/12/29/forgotten_pollinators_americas_bees
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I appreciate the opportunity to offer my views on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to ban Flag Desecration. I wish that my schedule had permitted me to attend the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing.
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www.aclu.org/freespeech/flag/11226leg20040308.html
www.aclu.org/freespeech/flag/11226leg20040308.html
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WASHINGTON-- Despite news reports that supporters of the "Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment" spent more than $15 million dollars in its campaign to amend the Constitution, today's vote for the amendment dropped by five from last year, the American Civil Liberties Union said.
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www.aclu.org/freespeech/flag/11036prs19990624.html
www.aclu.org/freespeech/flag/11036prs19990624.html
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