President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the Justice Department to pursue criminal penalties against people who “desecrate” the American flag—including by burning ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Aug. 25 seeking to penalize people who burn flags, although courts have long upheld the practice as legitimate expression under the First Amendment.

In a landmark 1989 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag in protest is protected speech under the First Amendment. Attorney General Pam Bondi said during a signing ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Monday meant to ban the burning of the American flag, an act currently protected under the First Amendment. “If you burn a flag, you get one year ...

President Donald Trump’s new executive order targeting flag burning drew rare criticism from conservatives on Monday. The executive order, announced on Monday, directs the attorney general to ...

Section 1. Purpose. Our great American Flag is the most sacred and cherished symbol of the United States of America, and of American freedom, identity, and strength. Over nearly two-and-a-half ...

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at prosecuting flag burning, despite existing Supreme Court precedent protecting it as free speech. The Supreme Court's 1989 ruling in Texas v. Johnson ...