Jim Risch on Civil Rights Republican Challenger; former Governor

Opposes mandates for affirmative action

A: I oppose this mandate

Opposes sexual orientation as a protected civil right

A: Oppose.

Constitutionally prohibit flag desecration.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

Article--'The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.'