On Monday, Donald Trump formally moved to make such a crime. According to the White House, Donald Trump signed an order on Monday aimed at locking away flag burners for a year or more in prison.
The Lowdown
Flag burners may want to take notice on this one. According to an EO signed by Trump, flag burners in the United States now face up to a year in prison for such an offense. This, however, flies in the face of a 1989 Supreme Court ruling that found that flag burning is actually protected speech. In that case, Texas v Johnson, the court ruled 5-4 that burning or destroying the flag was actually protected political expression under the first amendment.
The order in question formally instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue criminal charges against any and everyone who is caught burning an American flag in protest.
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