Flag Burning
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Burning The Flag
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Author : Robert Justin Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Release Date : 1996
Burning The Flag written by Robert Justin Goldstein and has been published by Kent State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
In 1989 a political fire storm erupted after the United States Supreme Court declared that dissidents had the constitutional right under the First Amendment to burn the flag. To some, including President George Bush and many members of Congress, the flag was a sacred symbol of American freedoms. They believed its physical destruction posed a serious threat to the country and demanded a constitutional amendment to reverse the Court's decision. For those who defended the Court's ruling, flag desecration was a form of constitutionally protected free speech, and any attempt to forbid such conduct was seen as creating a dangerous precedent. Burning the Flag brings together the disciplines of law, journalism, political science, and history to explain and place the development of the controversy in its full context. It is based on extensive research in legal, congressional, and journalistic sources and on exclusive interviews with nearly 100 of the key players in the dispute, among them flag burners, judges, lawyers and lobbyists on both sides, members of Congress, congressional aides, and journalists. A timely addendum chronicles the late 1995 attempts once again to pass a constitutional amendment on flag desecration, adding to the significance of this readable account. Burning the Flag will be of value to both an academic and a general audience, particularly to civil libertarians, flag buffs, and those interested in popular media, American politics, modern American history, and constitutional law.
Flag Burning
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Author : Michael Welch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Flag Burning written by Michael Welch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Flags categories.
Flag Burning
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Author : Michael Welch (Ph. D.)
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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Flag Burning written by Michael Welch (Ph. D.) and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Social Science categories.
Responses to flag burning as a particular form of street protest tend to polarize into two camps: one holding the view that action of this sort is constitutionally protected protest; the other, that it is subversive and criminal activity. In this well-researched and richly documented volume, Welch examines the collision of these ideologies, and shows the relevance of sociological concepts to a deeper understanding of such forms of protest. In exploring social control of political protest in the United States, this volume embarks on an in-depth examination of flag desecration and efforts to criminalize that particular form of dissent. It seeks to examine the sociological process facilitating the criminalization of protest by attending to moral enterprises, civil religion, authoritarian aesthetics, and the ironic nature of social control. Flag burning is a potent symbolic gesture conveying sharp criticism of the state. Many American believe that flag desecration emerged initially during the Vietnam War era, but the history of this caustic form of protest can be traced to the period leading up to the Civil War. The act of torching Old Glory differs qualitatively from other forms of defiance. With this distinction in mind, attempts to penalize and deter flag desecration transcend the utilitarian function of regulating public protest. Despite popular claims that American society is built on genuine consensus, the flag-burning controversy brings to light the contentious nature of U.S. democracy and its ambivalence toward free expression. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is often viewed as one of the more unpopular additions to the Bill of Rights. One constitutional commentator underscores this point by noting that the First Amendment gives citizens the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. Flag Burning is a well-written, informative volume suitable for courses in deviance, social problems, social movements, mass communication, criminology, and political science, as well as in sociology of law and legal studies.
Flag Burning And Free Speech
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Author : Robert Justin Goldstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Flag Burning And Free Speech written by Robert Justin Goldstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Flags categories.
When Gregory Lee Johnson burned an American flag as part of a political protest, he was convicted for flag desecration under Texas law. But the Supreme Court, by a contentious 5 to margin, overturned that conviction, claiming that Johnson's action constituted symbolic -- and thus protected -- speech. Heated debate continues to swirl around that controversial decision, both hailed as a victory for free speech advocates and reviled as an abomination that erodes the patriotic foundations of American democracy. Such passionate yet contradictory views are at the heart of this landmark case. Book jacket.
Texas V Johnson
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Author : J. Anthony Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Texas V Johnson written by J. Anthony Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
When a group of protesters assembled outside the Republican National Convention, they were expressing their dissatisfaction with the American political system. However, when Joey Johnson set the American flag on fire, it sparked a controversy that made its way to the Supreme Court. Flag burning, in this case, was seen as a protected from of expression.
Saving Old Glory
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Author : Robert Justin Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-05-28
Saving Old Glory written by Robert Justin Goldstein and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-28 with History categories.
First published in 1995, Saving Old Glory provides a detailed account of the origins and development of the American flag desecration controversy.
The Constitution And The Flag
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Author : Michael Kent Curtis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
The Constitution And The Flag written by Michael Kent Curtis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with LAW categories.
Flag Burning And The Constitution
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Author : Geoffrey R. Stone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Flag Burning And The Constitution written by Geoffrey R. Stone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Civil rights categories.
Desecrating The American Flag
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Author : Robert Justin Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1996-12-01
Desecrating The American Flag written by Robert Justin Goldstein and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-12-01 with History categories.
Desecrating the American Flag is the only comprehensive, edited, and annotated collection of critical documents regarding the controversies swirling around the desecration of the American flag. Should violators of the Stars and Stripes be prosecuted? Or legally protected? This issue reached center stage in American politics throughout the 1990s when Congress debated whether or not to amend the constitution to forbid flag desecration; but this debate has been hotly contested since the Civil War. Robert Justin Goldstein brings together almost 150 key documents spanning more than 100 years. He culls from a variety of sources—Congressional hearings, debates, legal briefs, oral arguments, newspaper articles, and court rulings, for example—and then carefully edits each document to retain key material. Introductory essays place each document within a broader historical, political, and legal context.
U S V Eichman
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Author : Ron Fridell
language : en
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2009
U S V Eichman written by Ron Fridell and has been published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Learn about the famous landmark decision concerning freedom of speech and flag burning.