More than three decades after the Supreme Court ruled the government cannot prohibit burning or desecrating an American flag because doing so would violate the U.S. Constitution, President Donald Trump is ordering prosecutors to prosecute anyone who does so, regardless of the First Amendment protection.
A White House official told The Independent that the president will on Monday sign an order directing the Department of Justice and other agencies to “vigorously prosecute” anyone who burns or desecrates the flag and to “pursue litigation” intended to have the high court overturn the 1989 case that prohibited punishing anyone for burning an American flag, Texas v Johnson.
