Congressional Watch
106th Congress of the United States of America

CONGRESSIONAL BILL'S: HJ RES 5, HJ RES 33, SJ RES 14, & HR 1081
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set... (Introduced in the House)

Well here we go again. One of the primary goals of the conservative radical right, is their continued quest of decentralizing the Constitution and the government of the United States. In order for the conservative radical right's quest to work, they need to "shut-up" the opposition to their plans, and what better way than by attacking, and then destroying the "absolute" rights contained in the First Amendment. Rights such as Freedom of Speech.

HJ RES 5, HJ RES 33, SJ RES 14, & HR 1081, are specifically aimed at chipping away at the constitutional First Amendment "absolute" right of Freedom of Speech. This issue over Flag Desecration and what else constitutes Freedom of Speech, has been hashed over and over again, from Congress to Congress, ever since the ill-fated McCarthy era of Christian/Nationalist rhetoric, coming from a group calling themselves The John Birch Society. Fifty years later, and the same old constitutional destroying termites are back at work, attempting to destroy again, the Blessings of Liberty that this great Nation has been blessed with for the last 200 years. Destroying Freedom of Speech has always been the goal of those who are continually "hostile" to the true intent and meaning of the United States Constitution.

There is no in between - you are either in support of the United States Constitution, and pledge to preserve and defend the rights and principles in it, or you are "hostile" to the true intent and meanings of the Constitution, and are constantly in a mode of attacking the Constitution and attempting to misconstruct it to your own agenda. One is "true" American patriotism and the other my dear friends and countrymen - is treason! The choice is yours to freely choose as you like - friend or traitor to America.

If you attack away at any one of the "absolute" rights found in the First Amendment, you also chip away at the other rights contained therein. Whatever effects one of the right's in the First Amendment, automatically effects the other. That is one reason why the rights in the First Amendment have become known as "sacred" and "absolute."

For the complete rebuttal article by F.A.C.T.S., on the Flag Desecration amendment issue, go to The First Amendment Right's - Freedom of Speech. There is also some excellent information and articles on the First Amendment issue of Freedom of Speech, and on the proposed Flag Desecration amendment at the ACLU.

Part of the conservative radical right agenda [which HJ RES 5, HJ RES 33, SJ RES 14, & HR 1081 are a part of], according to those that consider themselves the architects of the conservative radical right, is the total "decentralization" of the main branch of United States government and the distribution of those powers to the several States. By decentralizing the main branch of United States government, this will also totally destabilize the United States Constitution, effectively rendering the "true republican" principles and rights contained in the Constitution ineffective! With the decentralization of the main branch of government complete, and with the bulk of powers shifted from the main branch of government to the several States, this will then allow for each of the several States to legislate and rewrite the laws which pertain to the rules of life, liberties, and operations of government, as those in control and power of the governmental machinery see fit.

Decentralizing the central body of United States government and rendering the Constitution ineffective, is a factual and very real plan of the masterminds of the conservative radical right. This act by the conservative radical right to decentralize the central body of United States government, and to continually attempt to misconstruct the Constitution of the United States, is in all actuality and fact, an extremely "hostile" action towards both the Blessings of Liberty, and the viability of the United States Constitution and the Republican Form of Government formed out of the Constitution, as it was Ordained and Established in 1787.

The conservative radical right continues to state that their goal is not to overthrow the United States Constitution and the government thereof, but rather that their goal is to bring America to God and a path of God given righteousness, in both society and government. Question: If the decentralization of the main branch of the United States government, and the misconstructing of the Constitution to a point where it no longer resembles the Constitution as it was Ordained and Established in 1787, and the destruction of the Blessings of liberty is not "hostile" intent towards the Constitution and the Republican Form of Government that it establishes, then what the hell is "hostile" intent? The conservative radical right can continue to say in cheap words that they don't have any intentions on overthrowing the Constitution and the Republican Form of Government, but the conservative radical right's real actions and publicly posted policies continue to betray what they are doing, as being nothing more or less, than the outright "hostile" overthrow of the United States Constitution, and most all of what is left of the "republican" rights and principles that the Constitution contains!

Article III Section 3 of the United States Constitution was written with the explicit intent, that both the Constitution and the peoples government were to be safely guarded from all threats, whether those threats came from within the government or outside of government. No where in the Constitution is the excuse of error because of a radical conservative and/or religious belief, exempted from being a source of harm to the United States Constitution. No where in the Constitution is it mentioned that members of Congress are exempted from their constitutional duty to follow the explicit directions given to them by the United States Constitution. No where in the Constitution are members of Congress exempted from being charged with Treason and/or Conspiracy to Commit Treason, for their failure to follow the explicit directions given to them by the United States Constitution. No where in the Constitution are members of Congress exempted from their duty to fully support [follow and preserve] and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

F.A.C.T.S. says NO to the following bill's to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. These bill's fail to fall within the proper constitutional guidelines necessary to properly support and defend the Constitution, and the Republican Form of Government of the United States of America.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set... (Introduced in the House)

HJ 5 IH

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.

January 6, 1999
Mrs. EMERSON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

`Article--

`The Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.'.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. (Introduced in the House)

HJ 33 IH

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

February 24, 1999
Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. STUMP, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. HILL of Montana, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. HERGER, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. HYDE, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. HORN, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. COX, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. WALSH, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. METCALF, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BURR of North Carolina, Mr. SKEEN, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. GOODE, Mrs. BONO, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. KING, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. ROEMER, Ms. DANNER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. WOLF, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. BASS, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. WELLER, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. KUYKENDALL, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. OSE, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. ROGAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. HAYES, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. JOHN, Mr. MASCARA, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. TANCREDO, Mrs. EMERSON, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. NEY, Mr. PEASE, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. SHOWS, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. REGULA, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BUYER, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. ARCHER, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. CRANE, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. COOK, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. QUINN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. COBLE, Mr. LINDER, Mr. EWING, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. TURNER, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. REYES, Ms. GRANGER, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GOSS, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BOYD, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. CAMP, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KASICH, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. FROST, Mr. SALMON, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. RILEY, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. BAKER, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. FORBES, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. SIMPSON, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. GORDON, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. COBURN, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. WYNN, Mr. WAMP, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. TALENT, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. DELAY, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. CANNON, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. WICKER, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. MICA, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. POMBO, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. WISE, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LAMPSON, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. UPTON, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. NUSSLE, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. HAYWORTH, Ms. DUNN, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. ROGERS, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. THUNE, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. COLLINS, and Mr. MORAN of Virginia) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein),

SECTION 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

The following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

`Article--

`The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.'.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. (Introduced in the Senate)

SJ 14 IS

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 17, 1999
Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. CLELAND, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ASHCROFT, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BOND, Mr. BREAUX, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. BURNS, Mr. CAMPBELL, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COVERDELL, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. FRIST, Mr. GORTON, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRAMM, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GREGG, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. HELMS, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KYL, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. LOTT, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. MACK, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Mr. NICKLES, Mr. REID, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROTH, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. THURMOND, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within 7 years after the date of its submission for ratification:

`Article--

`The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.'.

Flag Protection Act of 1999 (Introduced in the House)

HR 1081 IH

To provide for protection of the flag of the United States.

March 11, 1999
Mr. BOUCHER (for himself, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. PETRI, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. TANNER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, and Mr. FROST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To provide for protection of the flag of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Flag Protection Act of 1999'.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.

(a) IN GENERAL- Section 700 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

`Sec. 700. Protection of the flag of the United States

`(a) ACTIONS PROMOTING VIOLENCE- Any person who destroys or damages a flag of the United States with intent to provoke imminent violence or a breach of the peace, and in circumstances reasonably likely to produce imminent violence or a breach of the peace, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

`(b) DAMAGING A FLAG BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES- Any person who steals or knowingly converts to his or her use, or to the use of another, a flag of the United States belonging to the United States and intentionally destroys or damages that flag shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

`(c) DAMAGING A FLAG OF ANOTHER ON FEDERAL LAND- Any person who, within any lands reserved for the use of the United States, or under the exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction thereof, steals or knowingly converts to his or her use, or to the use of another, a flag of the United States belonging to another person and intentionally destroys or damages that flag shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

`(d) CONSTRUCTION- Nothing in this section shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of Congress to deprive any State, territory, possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of jurisdiction over any offense over which it would have jurisdiction in the absence of this section.

`(e) DEFINITION- As used in this section, the term `flag of the United States' means any flag of the United States, or any part thereof, made of any substance, of any size, in a form that is commonly displayed as a flag and would taken to be a flag by the reasonable observer.'.

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 700 and inserting in lieu thereof the following new item:

`700. Protection of the flag of the United States.'.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of the Congress that the States should enact prohibitions similar to the provisions of this Act in an order to provide the maximum protection to the flag of the United States.

WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP SAVE THE CONSTITUTION AND THE REPUBLIC?
1.) Contact your elected member of Congress, both in the House and in the Senate, and let those in Congress know, in no uncertain terms, that you are a "true" American that supports the "true" Republic, and that you support the United States Constitution and the Republican Form of Government, and why aren't they doing the same! Let them know about your opposition to the current bill in the 1st Session of the 106th Congress, with the Congressional Bill designation's of H. J. RES. 5, H. J. RES. 33, S. J. RES. 14, & H. R. 1081.

2.) Contact the White House and let them know your opposition to the continuing harmful legislation, and attempted misconstructions of the Constitution and the Republican Form of Government, which the conservative radical right in Congress keeps on imposing on the peace and good order of the Republic.

3.) Help us form a chain of "true republican" citizen alliances, run and made up of Citizen Statesman from every walk of life and that come from one end of this Nation to the other, and from every element of every individual lifestyle, that will unite and work for the common peace and good order of a government that is a "true" Republic for all the people. Help us to remove the conservative radical right element from our political parties, a harmful and negative element that already has taken over the power and control of the Republican Party to use for their own private agenda.

4.) REGISTER TO VOTE AND THEN EXERCISE THAT AMERICAN RIGHT TO VOTE!!! THE TRUE REPUBLIC AND THE CONSTITUTION NEED'S YOUR SUPPORT AND VOTE!!! Help us to get out the Citizen Statesman reform vote for the 2000 Elections, and lets show those in Congress and elsewhere in US Government who the voice of the American people is, and what that voice is all about. Help us vote out, or otherwise remove, those in Congress who continue to harm the Constitution and the Republican Form of Government.

5.) Help us return this Nation to one that has the proper amount of constitutional representation in the House of Representatives, with which to maintain and properly support a Republican Form of Government. In order to maintain a healthy and properly run Republican Form of Government, it is necessary for the Constitution to be strictly followed in regards to how many members are to be in the House of Representatives. In order to have a constitutionally correct number of members in the House, with which to support and preserve the Republican Form of Government, the ratio for membership in the House must be maintained at the constitutionally correct ratio of one member for every 30,000 people. Over the last 150 years, conservative backed Congresses, for the benefit and gain of their own private agendas, have arbitrarily and underhandedly reestablished that ratio at a level today that equals approximately one member in the House for every 700,000 people. Help us return the peoples constitutionally correct representation in the House to one member for every 30,000 people, and help us to rebuild the "true" Republic into an even greater America for all people, and not for just the select few.

6.) Become involved in the affairs of your local communities, and join the fight to help rid our Nation of the plague of crimes that drugs like cocaine and heroin have brought on our society.

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8.) Let your elected representative from Congress know about your displeasure with continued "hostile" acts and attempts to misconstruct the United States Constitution, which in many cases amounts to acts of Treason by certain members of Congress. Ask your elected representative why nothing is being done to prevent these "hostile," and therefore traitorous acts against the Constitution and Republican Form of Government of the United States of America, that continue to be made by members of the conservative radical right.

9.) Also let the White House know how you feel about the "hostile" acts and attempts by members of the conservative radical right to misconstruct the Constitution for their own benefit and gain. Ask the White House why there is nothing being done to prevent these "hostile," and treasonous acts against the Constitution and Republican Form of Government of the United States of America, that continue to be made by members of the conservative radical right. Write the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and let the Judicial branch of government know exactly how you feel about these same issues.

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