COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah, Chairman
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware JON KYL, Arizona

HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin MIKE DEWINE, Ohio

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California JOHN ASHCROFT, Missouri

RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin SPENCER ABRAHAM, Michigan

ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama

CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York BOB SMITH, New Hampshire

MANUS COONEY, Chief Counsel and Staff Director

BRUCE A. COHEN, Minority Chief Counsel

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., U.S. Senator from the State of Utah..

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Thurmond, Hon. Strom, U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina ..........

Sessions, Hon. Jeff, U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama ......

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont ................. 10,

Ashcroft, Hon. John, U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri .....

Feingold, Hon. Russell D., U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin ...............

Smith, Hon. Bob, U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESS

APRIL 20, 1999

Panel consisting of Richard D. Parker, Williams professor of law, Harvard

Law School, Cambridge, MA; Patrick H. Brady, chairman, board of direc-

tors, Citizens Flag Alliance, and medal of honor recipient, Sumner, WA;

Gary E. May, associate professor of social work, University of Southern

Indiana, Evansville, IN; Maribeth Seely, fifth grade teacher, Sandystone-

Walpack School, Branchville, NJ; Rev. Nathan D. Wilson, executive direc-

tor, West Virginia Council of Churches, Charleston, WV; and Edward D.

Baca, former chief, National Guard Bureau, Albuquerque, NM .

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Statement of Hon. J. Robert Kerrey, U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska

Statement of Hon. Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska ......

Statement of Hon. John H. Chafee, U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode

Island ............

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Statement of Hon. John McCain, U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona .........
Statement of Hon. John Glenn, Former U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio ...
Statement of Hon. Max Cleland, U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia .........
Statement of Randolph D. Moss, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office
of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC ....

ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED

Baca, Edward D.: Testimony

Brady, Patrick H.:

Testimony .............

Prepared statement .........

Chafee, Hon. John H.:

Testimony ............

Congressional Research Service Report of flag burning/desecration in the

Unites States, dated Apr. 28, 1999

Cleland, Hon. Max: Testimony

Feingold, Hon. Russell D.: Submitted the guidelines developed by Citizens

for the Constitution, “'Great Extraordinary Occasions': Developing Guide-

lines for Constitutional Change” ........

Glenn, Hon. John:

Testimony ..........

Prepared statement ....................

Hagel, Hon. Chuck: Testimony .............

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G.:

Submitted the prepared statement of Randolph D. Moss ............

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Hatch, Hon. Orrin G.-Continued

List of flag desecration incidents since Mar. 24, 1994

U.S. Senate rollcall vote on H.R. 2978, dated Oct. 5, 1989
Kerrey, Hon. J. Robert: Testimony
Leahy, Hon. Patrick J.:

Submitted a letter from Dennis K. Burke, Acting Assistant Attorney

General, to Senators Hatch and Leahy, dated Apr. 20, 1999

Prepared statements of:

Robert H. Cole, professor of law emeritus at the University of Cali-

fornia School of Law at Berkeley

Robert D. Evans on behalf of the American Bar Association ....

May, Gary E.: Testimony .......................................................................................

McCain, Hon. John: Testimony

Moss, Randolph D.:

Testimony ...............

Prepared statement ...........

Parker, Richard D.:

Testimony ...........

Prepared statement .............

Seely, Maribeth: Testimony .........

Wilson, Nathan D.:

Testimony .............

Prepared statement ..

APPENDIX

S.J. Res. 14, a bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the

United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration

of the flag of the United States ...

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

APRIL 20, 1999

Responses of Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady to questions from the Senate Com-

mittee on the Judiciary ..............

Responses of Richard D. Parker to questions from Senators:

Hatch ..........

Leahy .....

Thurmond .......

Feingold

Responses of Gary E. May to questions from Senators:

Hatch ............

Leahy .......................................

Response of Maribeth Seely to a question from Senator Hatch ............

Response of Lt. Gen. Edward D. Baca to a question from Senator Leahy ........

ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

APRIL 20, 1999

Letter from Robert D. Evans, The American Bar Association, to Senator

Hatch, dated Apr. 20, 1999 ..

Prepared statements of:

Walter Cronkite ...

Keith A. Kreul ......

People for the American Way

Letters From:

William Van Alstyne, Duke University, to Senator Hatch, dated Mar.

31, 1999 .......

Richard D. Parker, Harvard Law School, to Senator Hatch, dated Apr.

21, 1999 ........................................

Paul G. Cassell, University of Utah, to Senator Hatch, dated Mar. 11,

1999 ......................................................................................

Robert E. Bush, Congressional Medal of Honor Society, United States

of America, Olympia, WA ........

Remarks of Ray Davis on behalf of Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady ................

Col. Bud Day, dated Apr. 29, 1997 .

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