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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 Supreme Court case *Texas v. Johnson* which protects flag ...

At City Hall, Johnson lit the flag as protestors chanted "Reagan, Mondale, which will it be? Either one means World War III" and "Ronald Reagan, killer of the hour, perfect example of U.S. power." What Johnson may not have known at the time was that he’d ...

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at prosecuting flag burning, despite existing Supreme Court precedent protecting it as free speech. The Supreme Court's 1989 ruling in Texas v. Johnson affirmed flag burning as protected speech under the ...