Trump bans burning of US flag in defiance of constitutional protections | Donald Trump News

The US Supreme Court ruling says flag burning is an expression protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution.

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order punishing those who burn the country’s flag with one year in jail, despite a longstanding court ruling that flag burning is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution.

The order, signed on Monday, acknowledges the 1989 Supreme Court decision, which found that flag burning is protected as free…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

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