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Half-Mast
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I thought the directive was 30 days, so it should be regular today. It is in DC, which usually has it right.
I don't think there's a governing standard. I doubt Reagan would have gotten 30 days if Clinton were president.
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- The flag shall be flown at half-staff thirty days from the death of the President or a former President; ten days from the death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress.
36 U.S.C. s 10
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