7 All patients had negative serum tests for infectious, metabolic, autoimmune, or hereditary liver disease; no history of alcohol or hepatotoxic drug use; and no signs of chronic liver disease.
In 1968, Congress approved the Federal Flag Desecration Law after a Vietnam War protest. The law made it illegal to âknowinglyâ cast âcontemptâ upon âany flag of the United States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning or trampling upon it.â.
Proposed Laws. In 1990, Congress passed the Flag Protection Act to outlaw knowingly burning or otherwise defacing the American flag. The Supreme Court shot down that law as well, holding that it violated the First Amendment. There have been other attempts by Congress to legislate flag burning, but none have passed.