Trump to crack down on flag burning, desecration with executive order

[Airyaman]

Of course this is an obvious violation of the 1A, but MAGA doesn't care about any part of the Constitution outside of the 2A.

Trump to crack down on flag burning, desecration with executive order

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Aug. 21 cracking down on those who desecrate the American flag, including protesters who have burned Old Glory.

www.foxnews.com

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday cracking
down on suspects who desecrate the American flag, including burning it, by
mandating they face prosecution, Fox News Digital exclusively learned.

"The American flag is the most sacred and cherished symbol of the United States of
America, and desecrating it is uniquely and inherently offensive and provocative. It
is a statement of contempt and hostility toward our Nation, and an act used by
groups of foreign nationals calculated to intimidate and threaten violence against
Americans," a fact sheet on the order provided to Fox News Digital reads.

The executive order will direct the attorney general to prosecute those who violate
laws "in ways that involve desecrating the flag," and to pursue litigation that would
clarify the scope of the First Amendment as it relates to flag desecration. The order
additionally directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to refer flag desecration cases that
violate state and local laws to appropriate local authorities.

Once more, Trump shows his sheer hypocrisy by signing yet another (illegal) executive order.

 

[BabaVoss]

The Mad King’s temporary decrees are getting weirder and weirder.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

The Mad King’s temporary decrees are getting weirder and weirder.

He'll be gone soon enough and the GQP will be held accountable for a very long time.

 

[Peacenik]

But no condemnation of having flags dragging in the dirt on the back of a pick up truck. Or wearing a flag as apparel. Or disrespecting a flag by touching it or fondling it.

 

[Cope]

You can not like flag burning all you want, but freedom allows me to burn (my own) at will (not that I ever would)

 

[ScrambledEggs]

Executive Orders are awesome!

STRENGTH

 

[anatta]

unconstitutional

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Of course this is an obvious violation of the 1A, but MAGA doesn't care about any part of the Constitution outside of the 2A.

Trump to crack down on flag burning, desecration with executive order

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Aug. 21 cracking down on those who desecrate the American flag, including protesters who have burned Old Glory.

www.foxnews.com

Once more, Trump shows his sheer hypocrisy by signing yet another (illegal) executive order.

Another dumbass MAGAt red meat unconstitutional EO.

 

[Crakhobarbie]

Of course this is an obvious violation of the 1A, but MAGA doesn't care about any part of the Constitution outside of the 2A.

Trump to crack down on flag burning, desecration with executive order

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Aug. 21 cracking down on those who desecrate the American flag, including protesters who have burned Old Glory.

www.foxnews.com

Once more, Trump shows his sheer hypocrisy by signing yet another (illegal) executive order.

I fear this E.O. may have a detrimental impact on some of donalds stauchest supporters.

 

[ASHES]

This will cause more flags to be burned to prove him wrong. Great job if preventing flag burning was the goal, as well as trampling on well established first amendment rights.

 

[HenryChinaski]

In the 90's right wingers were pissing their panties over flag burning
The SC declared that flag burning is protected speech under the 1A.
Trumpolini and his goons don't give two shits about that ruling and this could be a strategy to get the SC to revisit flag burning in hopes they overturn it with the larger goal of stripping more freedoms from Americans.
It's easier to keep prisons full when there's more laws on the books for people to break.

 

[Stealers Wheel]

This is an excellent example of how not to talk about the Epstein files.

 

[madman]

But no condemnation of having flags dragging in the dirt on the back of a pick up truck. Or wearing a flag as apparel. Or disrespecting a flag by touching it or fondling it.

LOL "fondling"

 

[madman]

unconstitutional

And you voted for this shit?

 

[Napoleon]

I’ll wait to read the order.

 

[Plasmaball]

With everyday we slop further into something that isnt america but save for the select few.

Its sad..

 

[SCrider]

Is dry humping the flag like he does still ok?

 

[SCrider]

unconstitutional

Yeah you are finally getting it

 

[Napoleon]

Of course this is an obvious violation of the 1A…

What the order actually is doesn’t appear to violate the first amendment.

Prosecuting Burning of The American Flag

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.

www.whitehouse.gov

 

[Ikari]

He doesn't have the power, it's sick that Trump is aligning himself so hard against the 1A, but hatred of free speech is something we've come to accept from MAGA.

 

[Bonnot]

Trump Signs Order on Flag Burning, Which Is Not Illegal

"If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail," Trump said. His executive order aims to sidestep the First Amendment.

time.com

A literal attack on the first amendement / free speech.
More fasicst bullshit from the subhuman piece of shit dictatororial scumbag.

 

[Michael Cole]

What the order actually is doesn’t appear to violate the first amendment.

Prosecuting Burning of The American Flag

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.

www.whitehouse.gov

Sec. 2. Measures to Combat Desecration of the American Flag. (a) The Attorney General shall prioritize the enforcement to the fullest extent possible of our Nation’s criminal and civil laws against acts of American Flag desecration that violate applicable, content-neutral laws, while causing harm unrelated to expression, consistent with the First Amendment. This may include, but is not limited to, violent crimes; hate crimes, illegal discrimination against American citizens, or other violations of Americans’ civil rights; and crimes against property and the peace, as well as conspiracies and attempts to violate, and aiding and abetting others to violate, such laws.

I don't have to be a lawyer to know that's meaningless babble.

 

[Napoleon]

Sec. 2. Measures to Combat Desecration of the American Flag. (a) The Attorney General shall prioritize the enforcement to the fullest extent possible of our Nation’s criminal and civil laws against acts of American Flag desecration that violate applicable, content-neutral laws, while causing harm unrelated to expression, consistent with the First Amendment. This may include, but is not limited to, violent crimes; hate crimes, illegal discrimination against American citizens, or other violations of Americans’ civil rights; and crimes against property and the peace, as well as conspiracies and attempts to violate, and aiding and abetting others to violate, such laws.

I don't have to be a lawyer to know that's meaningless babble.

What the EO addresses is flag burning as incitement.

“Notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s rulings on First Amendment protections, the Court has never held that American Flag desecration conducted in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action or that is an action amounting to “fighting words” is constitutionally protected. See Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, 408-10 (1989).”

And how to go about punishing it:

“In cases where the Department of Justice or another executive department or agency (agency) determines that an instance of American Flag desecration may violate an applicable State or local law, such as open burning restrictions, disorderly conduct laws, or destruction of property laws, the agency shall refer the matter to the appropriate State or local authority for potential action.”

 

[j brown's body]

What the EO addresses is flag burning as incitement.

“Notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s rulings on First Amendment protections, the Court has never held that American Flag desecration conducted in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action or that is an action amounting to “fighting words” is constitutionally protected. See Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, 408-10 (1989).”

And how to go about punishing it:

“In cases where the Department of Justice or another executive department or agency (agency) determines that an instance of American Flag desecration may violate an applicable State or local law, such as open burning restrictions, disorderly conduct laws, or destruction of property laws, the agency shall refer the matter to the appropriate State or local authority for potential action.”

Punishing people is cool.

 

[Michael Cole]

What the EO addresses is flag burning as incitement.

Yes, I read that. There are already laws against incitement.

Read the section I posted and see if you can make sense out of it.

“Notwithstanding the Supreme Court’s rulings on First Amendment protections, the Court has never held that American Flag desecration conducted in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action or that is an action amounting to “fighting words” is constitutionally protected. See Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, 408-10 (1989).”

And how to go about punishing it:

“In cases where the Department of Justice or another executive department or agency (agency) determines that an instance of American Flag desecration may violate an applicable State or local law, such as open burning restrictions, disorderly conduct laws, or destruction of property laws, the agency shall refer the matter to the appropriate State or local authority for potential action.”

This is ridiculous.