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 ...

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 ...

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 ...