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President Donald Trump signed an executive order that criminalizes the burning of the American flag. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that burning the flag is protected speech under the First Amendment to our Constitution. What are we to make of this?

Opinion

I am first reminded of a quote from columnist Molly Ivins, my favorite Tejana. She wrote, “I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.”

Ivins’ quote assumes that there is a level of difference between our flag and our Constitution. She’s right, there is a stark differen

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