Trump signed an order that morning demanding prison time for anyone destroying a US flag and deportation if they were an immigrant ... Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the DOJ to punish Americans who burn the US flag.
Some believe a country's flag should be protected as an important symbol, while others think criminalizing flag desecration goes against freedom of speech ....
“If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail, no early exits, no nothing.”The new executive order however does not explicitly criminalize flag desecration, but emphasizes that the Justice Department...
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to enable the prosecution of those who burn the American flag ...SCOTUS ruled that flag burning constitutes expressive conduct protected under the First Amendment in the landmark case Texas v.
US PresidentDonald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that seeks to punish anyone who burns an American flag with one year in prison, despite a long-standing Supreme Court precedent protecting the controversial practice.