An Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Authorizing Congress to Prohibit the Physical Desecration of the Flag of the United States: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, on S.J. Res. 14 ... April 20 and April 28, 1999, Svazek 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000 - Počet stran: 172 |
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... called for by 49 States and has the support of nearly 80 percent of the Amer- ican people . The amendment , however , is not self - executing in the sense that it does not describe the specific types of physical destruction that will be ...
... called for by 49 States and has the support of nearly 80 percent of the Amer- ican people . The amendment , however , is not self - executing in the sense that it does not describe the specific types of physical destruction that will be ...
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... called by two - thirds of the states , followed in each case by approval of three - fourths of the states.2 In the ratification debate that ensued , Article V played an important role . The new , more flexible amendment process served ...
... called by two - thirds of the states , followed in each case by approval of three - fourths of the states.2 In the ratification debate that ensued , Article V played an important role . The new , more flexible amendment process served ...
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... called " the prolixity of a legal code " -a vice he praised the federal Constitution for avoiding.8 Even when amendments are not overly detailed , they may be inappropriate be- cause they focus on matters of only short - term concern ...
... called " the prolixity of a legal code " -a vice he praised the federal Constitution for avoiding.8 Even when amendments are not overly detailed , they may be inappropriate be- cause they focus on matters of only short - term concern ...
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... called upon to defend the freedoms which my sacrifices in combat were said to preserve . It has been a long 31 - plus years . I have faced the vexing challenge of reconciling my- self with the reality of my military history and the ...
... called upon to defend the freedoms which my sacrifices in combat were said to preserve . It has been a long 31 - plus years . I have faced the vexing challenge of reconciling my- self with the reality of my military history and the ...
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... called right to burn the flag ? Or was it something else ? Mr. BACA . Sir , I would say that , as I mentioned in my presen- tation , Mr. Quintero wanted to pay tribute and he wanted to find that symbol where he could best pay tribute to ...
... called right to burn the flag ? Or was it something else ? Mr. BACA . Sir , I would say that , as I mentioned in my presen- tation , Mr. Quintero wanted to pay tribute and he wanted to find that symbol where he could best pay tribute to ...
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Strana 85 - To courageous, self-reliant men, with confidence in the power of free and fearless reasoning applied through the processes of popular government, no danger flowing from speech can be deemed clear and present, unless the incidence of the evil apprehended is so imminent that it may befall before there is opportunity for full discussion.
Strana 9 - The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Strana 59 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Strana 138 - But freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order...
Strana 52 - If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us.
Strana 15 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Strana 118 - Constitution, independent tribunals of justice will consider themselves in a peculiar manner the guardians of those rights ; they will be an impenetrable bulwark against every assumption of power in the Legislative or Executive ; they will be naturally led to resist every encroachment upon rights expressly stipulated for in the Constitution by the declaration of rights.
Strana 127 - States. 1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in...
Strana 52 - And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
Strana 85 - ... no danger flowing from speech can be deemed clear and present unless the incidence of the evil apprehended is so imminent that it may befall before there is opportunity for full discussion. If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.