If the constitutional amendment against flag-burning passes, I will no longer use our flag as a symbol of our freedom. I will show my respect in other ways because my flag will have lost its meaning ...

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has apparently heeded President Donald Trump’s call for a ban on flag burning. The senator is reportedly working on legislation to punish those who burn the American flag ...

President Trump proposes one-year jail sentences for burning American flags and claims he's working with Congress on ...

Burning a flag is a symbol that expresses an idea. Justice Scalia was part of the 1989 Supreme Court majority that held that flag-burning was protected by the First Amendment.

During a speech at Fort Bragg, Donald Trump slammed people demonstrating against his immigration crackdown in LA, describing ...

Also, there are already two strong Supreme Court precedents holding that flag-burning is a legal form of expression that is protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution: Texas v ...

Flag-burning is a quintessential form of dissent, a forceful protest against the United States itself. Such political expression lies at the heart of the First Amendment.

While the president-elect hasn't elaborated on his call, it is possible he will look to resurrect a 2005 bill that would have banned flag-burning - co-sponsored by his Democratic rival, Hillary ...

Rep. Maxine Waters said that the counterprotesters that burned and stomped on an American flag outside her California office this week were acting to further “their own agenda,” but added that ...

An anti-NYPD activist group is organizing an American flag burning event in a Brooklyn park Wednesday night — just three days before the Fourth of July. “Disarm NYPD” announced a “Burn the ...

So even if flag-burning could be made criminal (and, I note again, it can’t be), the 14th Amendment protects the flag-burner’s citizenship, just as it protects other criminals’ citizenship.

Trump’s suggestion that a fitting punishment for flag-burning could be the loss of citizenship appears to be his own personal touch and is a bit problematic legally.