Re Bishop Merlino of Madison requesting Communion in the hand, I thought that this kneeling, bowing and scraping obsequies to kings went out the window on 4th July 1776. 
Christ never set himself up as a king - Pius XI did that.
I doubt very much if Jesus required his disciples to kneel before him and receive the bread on the tongue after he broke it and gave it to them. 
Interesting that it is still an "indult" that could be withdrawn at any time, although even the very conservative JPII didn't do that.
How could a priest putting Communion on the tongue possibly be seen as "reverent" nowadays?