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Flag Burning

Flag Burning
On June 11, 1990, the Supreme Court struck down the constitutionality of the 1989 Flag Protection Act, which outlawed flag burning. The Court maintained that flag burning is a form of political speech and therefore is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. That same year, President George Bush proposed a new, and much criticized, constitutional amendment outlawing flag burning.
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United States (Government); Censorship; Constitution of the United States; Flag of the United States
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