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There’s less to one of President Donald Trump’s most recent actions than meets the eye. On Monday, Mr. Trump issued an executive order on “prosecuting burning of the American flag.” It called the ...

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 ...

People are free to express themselves in the United States, even – and perhaps especially – when it comes to criticizing the nation and the government. That’s a right protected by the First Amendment.

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The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that if it were up to him, he would jail “every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag,” But the Constitution, the ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order to criminalize burning the American flag isn’t the first Republican effort to ban the provocative protest. In fact, the party came within a single vote of ...

In the advertising world, there is an old adage that there are times when you take a pitch and "run it up the flagpole to see who salutes." That expression came to mind Wednesday when President Donald ...

A protester carries the carries a U.S. flag upside, a sign of distress, next to a burning building Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died ...

My history with flag burning as a topic has taken a winding path. As President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to address such behavior, it was an occasion to revisit the journey and ...

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