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 ...

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 ...

It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared the flag would have 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue ...