Burning the Flag: The Great 1989 - 1990 American Flag Desecration Controversy Paperback - 1998
by Robert Justin Goldstein
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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.
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- Title Burning the Flag: The Great 1989 - 1990 American Flag Desecration Controversy
- Author Robert Justin Goldstein
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 476
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Kent State University Press, Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Date March 1998
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780873385985 / 0873385985
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.22 x 1.19 in (23.50 x 15.80 x 3.02 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1980's
- Chronological Period: 1990's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95005541
- Dewey Decimal Code 929.920
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