In a landmark 1989 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag in protest is protected speech under the First Amendment. Attorney General Pam Bondi said during a signing ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to penalize people who burn flags, though courts have long upheld the practice as a protected right under the First Amendment. The Aug. 25 ...

Section 1. Purpose. Our great American Flag is the most sacred and cherished symbol of the United States of America, and of American freedom, identity, and strength. Over nearly two-and-a-half ...

[1.] The order doesn't purport to cover all flag desecration, presumably recognizing that the Supreme Court has held that flag desecration as such can't be banned. See, e.g., Texas v. Johnson (1989); ...

Trump said his administration "took the freedom of speech away" as it relates to flag burnings during a roundtable discussion on antifa. Trump issued an executive order in August calling for his ...

As some Democrats mock President Donald Trump for signing an executive order cracking down on burning the American flag, a clip has resurfaced of then-New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton calling ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that anyone who burns the American flag "will be immediately arrested" and face a one-year prison term, citing his Aug. 25 executive order on flag desecration. "To ...

In the early minutes of the short documentary “Reclaim the Flag,” actor and writer Lena Waithe rests her head in her hand and takes a few moments to consider the small American flag that she’s been ...

A Republican congressman from Ohio is condemning the display in his office of an altered American flag that included a ...

This story has been updated with additional information. Jay Carey, a Western North Carolina veteran arrested after burning an American flag near the White House last month, pleaded not guilty Sept.

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, ...