President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi are a dream team when it comes to trying to violate Americans’ right to free speech.
Bondi claims to have figured out a way to prosecute people for burning the U.S. flag without violating Texas v. Johnson, the 1989 Supreme Court decision that ruled flag burning is protected under the First Amendment.
“We will do that without running afoul of the First Amendment,” she said.
Oh, okay, as long as you say so.
Generally, criminalizing speech that the Supreme Court has said is protected by the First Amendment … runs afoul of the First Amendment. But since both Trump and Bondi think they are the smartest people in the room, let’s entertain the logic in his dumb executive order, issued on Monday, that would put people in jail for desecratin