Guy in military clothing with an American flag on his shoulder burns an American flag in front of the white house while being filmed by bystanders.

Guy gets detained

Apparently the EO declares burning flags in protest to be "incitement to riot"

source: https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1n06xgy/detained_for_burning_the_american_flag/

Guy in military clothing with an american flag on his shoulder burns an american flag in front of the white house while being filmed by bystanders
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[–] 73 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This is well-established law. A decision made by SCOTUS.

Texas v. Johnson

Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.

So this is absolutely pathetic of the Trump administration. These charges have no chance of sticking. It's just authoritarian bullying.

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You know what else was well established law? I’ll wait.

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