Debate Over Flag Burning and First Amendment Rights
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The article discusses the history and legal protections of flag burning in the U.S., highlighting President Trump's recent executive order to prioritize prosecutions for flag desecration, despite longstanding Supreme Court rulings that such acts are protected free speech under the First Amendment.
Topics:nation#first-amendment#flag-burning#free-speech#law-and-politics#supreme-court#trump-executive-order
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- Man who burned flag near the White House says ‘it was my right as a citizen’ The Washington Post
- Fox’s Brit Hume: Trump flag-burning order ‘flies in the face’ of Constitution The Hill
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