Trump’s New Order Will Cost Flag-Burners a Year in Jail. It’s Blatantly Unconstitutional

Sarah Rumpf Aug 25th, 2025, 11:39 am

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday targeting flag burning — an attempt to criminalize an act the Supreme Court of the United States has already repeatedly ruled is protected free speech.

With staffers and reporters gathered in the Oval Office Monday morning, Trump signed several executive orders, the last of which focused on flag burning, which has been seen at protests pertaining to the murder of George Floyd , campus protests about the war in Gaza, and other political demonstrations in recent years.

Said Trump about the order:

This is very important. Flag burning, all over the country, they’re burning flags. All over the world, the

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