Abstracts » General interest

Majority leader urges colleagues to vote for old glory's protection

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A majority leader has supported a constitutional amendment to protect the American national flag but despite continual, bipartisan efforts to pass a flag protection amendment, and support from an overwhelming majority of House and Senate members, the measure has repeatedly failed to get the 67 votes it needs to pass the Senate. He seeks to add a one-sentence amendment to the Constitution, 'The Congress shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the US', and he urges his colleagues to vote for it.

Interpretation and construction, Flag desecration, Public law

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The Real ID bill for foreign visitors

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The Real ID proposal though is designed to prevent another 9/11-type terrorist attack by disrupting terrorist travel, it is also said to violate the rights of immigrants and refugees. Representatives F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. for Republican-Wisconsin, and Luis V. Gutierrez, Democrat-Illinois have given their supporting and opposing views on the Real ID bill for foreign visitors.

Visitors, Foreign, Foreign visitors, Identification cards, Antiterrorism measures

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Man husband? Same-sex marriage is not civil-rights issue

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America must decide whether or not to pass a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. A 2004 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the defense of Marriage Act listed federal statutory provisions in which martial status is a factor in determining or receiving benefits, rights and privileges.

Government domestic functions, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Civil Rights, Social policy, Same-sex marriage, Marriage law

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