Flag Desecration Amendment

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	proposed constitutional amendment
gptkbp:category	gptkb:United_States_constitutional_law United States proposed federal legislation
gptkbp:debatedBy	gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives gptkb:U.S._Senate
gptkbp:failedBy	one vote in the Senate in 2006
gptkbp:failedToPass	multiple times
gptkbp:hasNotPassed	gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Flag Desecration Amendment
gptkbp:introducedIn	gptkb:Texas_v._Johnson_decision 1989
gptkbp:lastVotedOn	2006
gptkbp:opposedBy	civil liberties organizations
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:purpose	to allow Congress to prohibit desecration of the United States flag
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution freedom of speech flag burning
gptkbp:requires	two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures
gptkbp:supportedBy	various members of U.S. Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Proposed_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6