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Free Speech : Flag Desecration : Legislative Documents

Testimony of Gary E. May, Associate Professor of Social Work, Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Proposed Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Testimony of Bob Kerrey Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Proposed Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S.J. Res. 4, The Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Testimony of Walter Dellinger Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Proposed Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Letter from Retired USAF Major Robert Cordes to the Senate Judiciary Committee Urging Opposition to S.J. Res. 4, the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Testimony of Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Opposition to the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee from Retired U.S. Navy Veteran William C. Ragsdale Urging Opposition to S.J. Res. 4, the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/10/2004)

Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee from Retired General Robert G. Gard, Jr. Urging the Committee to Oppose the Proposed Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/08/2004)

Letter from U.S. Army Veteran Steven E. Sanderson to the Senate Judiciary Committee Urging Opposition to S.J. Res. 4, the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (03/08/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S.J. Res. 4, the Constitutional Amendment on Flag Desecration (03/04/2004)

Testimony of Gary E. May Before the House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee on the Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Ban Flag Desecration (05/07/2003)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the Constitutional Amendment on Flag Desecration, H.J. Res. 4 (05/02/2003)

'Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights' Letter to the House Urging Opposition to H.J. Res. 4, the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (05/02/2003)

Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment (06/19/2001)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to Constitutional Amendment on Flag Desecration (06/19/2001)

Testimony of Former Senator John Glenn Against the Flag Desecration Amendment (04/28/1999)

Testimony of Veteran Gary May Against the Flag Desecration Amendment (04/20/1999)

Testimony of Veteran Joseph E. Rogers Against the Flag Desecration Amendment (03/23/1999)

Testimony of Veteran Marvin Virgil Stenhammar Against the Flag Desecration Amendment (07/08/1998)

Bitol Testimony (03/25/1998)

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