It is now a crime to burn the US Flag
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She's Got Marty Feldman Eyes — 7 months ago(August 27, 2025 05:56 PM)
Id probably just ignore it…as long as it was being conducted safely… always safety first!
Truthfully I've never seen a flag burning…don't tend to frequent the sorts places that that would be a thing. -
CrystalRaindrops — 7 months ago(August 28, 2025 09:39 PM)
It's still legal to burn the flag. An executive order can't override a Supreme Court ruling. Trump doesn't actually read the EOs he signs (the person handing it to him always has to explain what he's about to sign), and he thinks it says people will be imprisoned for a year if they burn an American flag. It doesn't say that in the EO.
After the EO was signed, a guy in DC lit a flag on fire and was arrested, but that was because he lit a fire in a public park.
I keep seeing people say that people aren't allowed to burn Pride flags and the Israeli flag, but from what I've read, it's legal if it's the person's own property. There was a case of someone who pulled someone's Israeli flag away from them and lit it on fire, and another case where a Pride flag was stolen from a church and lit it on fire, but the charges weren't for burning the flags. -
CrystalRaindrops — 7 months ago(August 29, 2025 04:22 AM)
It basically says people can be prosecuted if they desecrate the flag while committing an additional crime:
My Administration will act to restore respect and sanctity to the American Flag and prosecute
those who incite violence or otherwise violate our laws while desecrating this symbol of our country
, to the fullest extent permissible under any available authority.
To the maximum extent permitted by the Constitution, the Attorney General shall vigorously prosecute
those who violate our laws in ways that involve desecrating the American Flag
, and may pursue litigation to clarify the scope of the First Amendment exceptions in this area.