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2008-06-21 Home Front: Politix

I See Your Lapel Pin, and Raise You a New Great Seal

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Posted by Sherry 2008-06-21 13:57|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Sec. 713. Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States,
the seals of the President and Vice President, the seal of the
United States Senate, the seal of the United States House of
Representatives, and the seal of the United States Congress

(a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(b) Whoever, except as authorized under regulations promulgated by the President and published in the Federal Register, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells, or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seals of the President or Vice President, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(c) Whoever, except as directed by the United States Senate, or the Secretary of the Senate on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States Senate, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(d) Whoever, except as directed by the United States House of Representatives, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(e) Whoever, except as directed by the United States Congress, or the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States Congress, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(f) A violation of the provisions of this section may be enjoined at the suit of the Attorney General, (1) in the case of the great seal of the United States and the seals of the President and Vice President, upon complaint by any authorized representative of any department or agency of the United States; (2) in the case of the seal of the United States Senate, upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate; (3) in the case of the seal of the United States House of Representatives, upon complaint by the Clerk of the House of Representatives; and (4) in the case of the seal of the United States Congress, upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1971 AMENDMENT

Section 3 of Pub. L. 91-651 provided that: The amendments made by this Act [amending this section] shall not make unlawful any preexisting use of the design of the great seal of the United States or of the seals of the President or Vice President of the United States that was lawful on the date of enactment of this Act [Jan. 5, 1971], until one year after the date of such enactment."

Posted by www 2008-06-21 14:55|| 2008-06-21 14:55|| Front Page Top

#2 note the latin: vero possumus

"True Possum" or...something else

heh

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-06-21 15:02|| 2008-06-21 15:02|| Front Page Top

#3 How close does it have to be?

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2008-06-21 15:13|| 2008-06-21 15:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Thought the first word was Nero, took a second to get back on track.

Its the first thing I thought of when I saw it, at the very least it is tacky and inappropriate; it reminds me of an oldie but goodie WWF storyline when a belt challenger would ambush the champ in the locker room and take the belt and call himself the champ until the real champ or some other challenger filling in for the champ would have to go reclaim it.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-06-21 16:59|| 2008-06-21 16:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh dear. It's almost as big as he is... and his eagle is holding a bouquet rather than a branch. It isn't as splay-legged, although one wonders about the dissected chest under the magnifying glass. And y'all did notice it's all blue without even a spot of red, right? Not very inclusive, that. Finally, he really is fond of the heroic Industrial Realism style (or whatever it's called), isn't he?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-06-21 17:39|| 2008-06-21 17:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Some folk say it's the Blue Eagle. Either way, it hain't good.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-06-21 18:06|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-06-21 18:06|| Front Page Top

#7 I'd be very careful from now on in if I were him. The gods tend to frown upon such hubris.

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-06-21 18:29|| 2008-06-21 18:29|| Front Page Top

#8 J. Goldberg talks about the Blue Eagle in his book, Liberal Fascism (a great read in case anyone's wondering). It's only fitting that BHO would pick this as his symbol.

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-06-21 18:33|| 2008-06-21 18:33|| Front Page Top

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