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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday instructing the Department of Justice to prosecute instances of American flag burning and desecration that could incite a riot.
Trump emphasized that the Supreme Court, which protected flag burning under the First Amendment in the 1989 Texas v. Johnson case, has not ruled that burning the flag in a manner that can incite a riot or violence is constitutionally protected.
“As you know, through a very sad court, I guess it was a five-to-four decision, they called it freedom of speech. But there’s another reason, which is perhaps much more important. It’s called death because what happens when you burn a flag, is the area goes crazy,” Trump said. “If you have hundreds of people, they go crazy.”
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