In 1989, the high court ruled that flag burning was a form of "symbolic speech" under the Constitution. The 5-4 decision came in a case involving Gregory Joey Johnson who, outside the 1984 ...

Flag; stripes and stars on The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue field ...

If you are, congratulations! You're violating flag code. Chances are most Americans have violated United States Flag Code, with an uptick of infractions coming on the Fourth of July.

Here’s how its done: Is it illegal to burn the American flag? The Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. Johnson (1989) and later United States v. Eichman (1990) that flag burning, as a form of ...