In August 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order making the burning of the American flag punishable by one year in jail. On Aug. 25, 2025, Trump signed an executive order titled ...

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 ...

In late August, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that, according to legal scholars, is blatantly at odds with a landmark 1989 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump declared that ...

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 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 ...

When President Donald Trump announced an executive order last month to prosecute those who burned the American flag, he reignited an intraconservative argument about First Amendment protections and ...

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.

Although flag-burning has never been popular in America, condemning it has long been a staple for politicians. On Monday, President Donald Trump joined the chorus by issuing an executive order calling ...

In August 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order making the burning of the American flag punishable by one year in jail. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: On Aug.

On Aug. 25, 2025, Trump signed an executive order titled "Prosecuting Burning of the American Flag." That executive order aimed to prosecute, when possible, anyone caught burning an American flag, ...