[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14093]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     SUPREME COURT IS OUT OF TOUCH

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the first amendment says there is freedom 
of speech, and that freedom of peaceable assembly shall not be 
abridged. The Supreme Court ruled that this language permits dissidents 
to burn our flag. Beam me up. I believe the Founding Fathers are 
rolling over in their graves. From school prayer to flag burning, the 
Supreme Court is out of touch. They are wrong, and Congress must 
reverse that wrong. In America, the people govern, not the Supreme 
Court, and Congress should pass a law to protect our flag. A Nation 
that does not protect and honor their flag is a Nation that will not 
survive.
  I yield back any common sense left in this Congress.

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