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Majority Opinion
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Brennan, J. |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Stevens, J. (joined by Rehnquist, C.J., White, J., & O'Connor, J.) |
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Lower Court
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District Court for the District of Columbia |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
Kenneth Starr (Solicitor General) (for Appellant)
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William Kunstler (for Appellees)
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| Briefs |
for Governor Mario M. Cuomo by Evan A. Davis (supporting Appellant)
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for Jasper Johns et al. by Robert G. Sugarman and Gloria C. Phares. (for Appellees)
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for People for the American Way et al. by Timothy B. Dyk, Glen D. Nager & Elliot M. Mincberg (supporting Appellee)
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for Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., by Kenneth S. Geller, Andrew J. Pincus & Roy T. Englert, Jr.. (supporting Appellant)
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for the American Bar Association by Stanley Chauvin, Jr., Randolph W. Thrower & Robert B. McKay
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for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Charles Fried, Kathleen M. Sullivan. Norman Dorsen & Steven R. Shapiro (supporting Appellee)
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for the Association of Art Museum Directors et al. by James C. Goodale (supporting Appellees)
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for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by Charles E. Carter (supporting Appellee)
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for the Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc., by Robert L. Barr, Jr. & G. Stephen Parker (supporting Appellant)
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for the Speaker and Leadership Group of the United States House of Representatives by Steven R. Ross, Charles Tiefer, Michael L. Murray, Janina Jaruzelski & Robert Michael Long
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for the United States Senate by Michael Davidson, Ken U. Benjamin, Jr. & Morgan J. Franke (supporting Appellant)
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
United States v. Eichman, 731 F. Supp. 1123 (Dist. Ct. for Dist. of DC., 1990)
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United States v. Haggerty, 731 F. Supp. 415 (Wa. Dist. Ct., 1990)
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| News |
"Rallying Around the Flag Protection Act," Legal Times, May 14, 1990, p. 21
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Bronner, Ethan, "Supreme Court strikes down law banning flag desecration," Boston Globe, June 12, 1990, p. 1
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Coyle, Marcia, "Rally 'Round The Flag," National Law Journal, May 14, 1990, p. 1
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Greenhouse, Linda, "Supreme Court Voids Flag Law; Stage Set for Amendment Battle," New York Times, June 12, 1990, sect. A, p. 1
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Marcus, Ruth, "Justices Hear Clash Over Flag Burning; Arguments Produce Few Signals of Views on 1989 Federal Statute," Washington Post, May 15, 1990, sect. A, p. 6
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Marcus, Ruth, "Justices Overturn Federal Flag Law; Ruling Revives Fight on Amendment," Washington Post, June 12, 1990, sect. A, p. 1
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Mauro, Tony, "Fight over flag issue is off to quick start," June 13, 1990, sect. A, p. 3
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Savage, David, "Court is Urged to Uphold Ban on Flag Burning," Los Angeles Times, May 15, 1990, sect. A, p. 1
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Weyrich, Dawn M., "Supreme Court again weighs flag vs. free speech," Washington Times, June 14, 1990, sect. A, p. 6
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| Other |
Ashcroft, John, Flag Protection Constitutional Amendment," Congressional Record, March 28, 2000, p. S1766
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Barron, Jerome, & Dienes, C. Thomas, THE FIRST AMENDMENT (2000), pp. 238-244
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Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES (1997), pp. 870-872
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Cleland, Max, "Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment," Congressional Record, March 17, 1999, p. S2866
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Goldstein, Robert Justin, BURNING THE FLAG: THE GREAT 1989-1990 AMERICAN FLAG DESECRATION CONTROVERSY (1996)
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Greenawalt, Kent, "O'er the Land of the Free: Flag Burning As Speech," 37 UCLA Law Review 925 (1990)
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Michelman, Frank, "Saving Old Glory: On Constitutional Iconography," 42 Stanford Law Review 1337 (1990)
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Shiffrin, Steven DISSENT, INJUSTICE, & THE MEANINGS OF AMERICA (1999), pp. 4-8
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Smolla, Rodney, SMOLLA & NIMMER ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH (1994), sect. 5.02.2
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Tushnet, Mark, "The Flag-Burning Episode: An Essay on the Constitution," 61 University of Colorado Law Review 39 (1990)
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| Commentary |
Geraghty, Diane, "Flag-burners shouldn't distract us," Chicago Tribune, June 16, 1990, p. 13
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