President Trump signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to pursue criminal charges against individuals who burn the American flag to “incite imminent lawless action.”
“You burn a flag, you get one year in jail,” Trump said.
“No early exits,” he added.
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“Incite the riot,” he emphasized.
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The executive order is an attempt by the Trump administration to go around a Supreme Court decision in 1989 that ruled destroying the flag is protected free speech under the First Amendment.
“Notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s rulings on First Amendment protections, the Court has never held that American Flag
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