The First Amendment faces another challenge by the proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. flag now under consideration in both the Senate (S.J. 7) and the House of Representatives (H.J. 36).The First Amendment faces another challenge by the proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. flag now under consideration in both the Senate (S.J. 7) and the House of Representatives (H.J. 36). Among the diverse group of people opposed to the proposed amendment are the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. and many veterans. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the ACLU, "By making the American flag untouchable untouchable Former classification of various low-status persons and those outside the Hindu caste system in Indian society. The term Dalit is now used for such people (in preference to Mohandas K. , Congress would be sending the message that approval of our nation is an obligation not a choice." Gary May, chair of the Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights, says, "The honor veterans like me feel is not in the flag itself but in the principles the flag stands for and in the people who have defended it." The amendment proposal was approved in Senate subcommittee sub·com·mit·tee n. A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee. subcommittee Noun on May 24 and returned to full committee. |
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