President Donald Trump wants to prosecute flag burning, but can he make that happen without violating Supreme Court precedent? Trump contends it’s possible in an Aug. 25 executive order that instructs ...

President Trump signed an executive order aiming to prosecute flag burning, especially when connected to other crimes. An LSU law professor called the order "political and silly," citing the 1989 ...

President Donald Trump and his administration are likely set to challenge a Supreme Court ruling that protected the burning of the American flag under the First Amendment with a new executive order ...

Forty-one years ago, Gregory Lee Johnson poured kerosene all over an American flag and lit it on fire outside of Dallas City Hall. The flag had been given to Johnson by another protestor at a ...

President Donald Trump’s criticism of the 1989 Supreme Court decision Texas v. Johnson, which legalized burning the American flag, is deserving of great respect, notwithstanding some problems with it.