A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump Monday bans the burning of the American Flag, in direct opposition to a precedent set by the Supreme Court in the Texas v. Johnson case in 1989 deeming the action an act of "symbolic speech"

Trump recognized while signing the order that the action was protected by the court but said that burning the flag was an open door to violence.

"They burn the American flag," he said, adding "They call it freedom of speech."

"When you burn a flag is the area goes crazy. If you have hundreds of people, they go crazy. You can do other things. You can burn this piece of paper, you can and it's but when you burn the American flag, it incites riots at levels that we've never seen before," the Trump said.

The executive order would create a pen

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