S. 1188 would require the purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government. S. J. Res. 19 would propose an amendment to the Constitution authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. So if the feds are going to burn a flag, it had better [...]
With the start of the new Congress last week, a passel of constitutional amendments were introduced. Putting them forward on the first day signals that this time there’s really going to be an effort behind it! Or maybe it’s just putting on a show. It’s very hard to amend the constitution, after all, and most [...]
Yesterday, we took a look at some proposed amendments to the Constitution. They generally had to do with government management-type issues: voting, congressional and presidential terms, etc. These things are all important, to be sure. But another set of amendment proposals are the hot buttons. Let’s take a look at them. Flag burning is, well, [...]