Trump Signs Order for One-Year Jail Terms for Flag Burning | Drudge Retort

Monday, August 25, 2025

Trump Signs Order for One-Year Jail Terms for Flag Burning

" President Donald Trump signed an executive order Aug. 25 seeking to penalize people who burn flags, although courts have long upheld the practice as legitimate expression under the First Amendment.

Posted by Corky at 05:05 PM | 12 COMMENTS | permalink

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"If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, although the order doesn't specify a jail sentence. "You will see flag burning stop immediately."

"The First Amendment protects speech and peaceful protest. The Supreme Court in 1989 ruled in a 5-4 decision that burning a flag itself is a form of political expression and isn't illegal.

Bob Corn-Revere, the chief counsel of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, said "flag burning as a form of political protest is protected by the First Amendment" even if Trump finds it "uniquely offensive and provocative."

"President Trump may believe he has the power to revise the First Amendment with the stroke of a pen, but he doesn't," Corn-Revere said."

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So... if Mrs. Major Boaz burns his underwear, she's going to prison?

That's just not right!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-25 05:08 PM

"American Flag desecration conducted in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action"

Like Alito flying the flag upside down?

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-25 05:12 PM

Also signed today, an Order establishing training Nat Guard units as Brownshirts to deploy against civilians.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-25 05:13 PM

#3 They will be "specifically trained and equipped to deal with public order issues"

What are public order issues, is that when the people are out in public and peacefully protesting?

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-25 05:14 PM

" President Donald Trump signed an executive order Aug. 25 seeking to penalize people who burn flags, although courts have long upheld the practice as legitimate expression under the First Amendment.

This is the propaganda for those that can't read and think for themselves. The EO doesn't say you can't burn the flag at all.

If you want to burn the flag feel free, go to backyard film yourself and burn it.

So what is the EO? It makes burning a US flag "in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action or that is an action amounting to "fighting words".", illegal.

You poor people, you can't read, snoofy can't understand, and you're going to go out and burn flags in an obvious troll.

I am here to protect you, but you're to stupid to understand.

What are public order issues, is that when the people are out in public and peacefully protesting?
#4 | POSTED BY SNOOFY A

No snoofy, your grasp of issues is sorry to say the least. Its to deal with the supposed "crime that doesn't exist" that is seeping into areas where there is no national guard presence.

For instance now the crime has shifted to Prince George's County. As I have previously stated its whack-a-mole.

#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-25 05:30 PM

The Visa kid is teaching us English comprehension now, rofl!

We read and understood the article, #2 Son... and you make a much better Reverse Barometer than you do an interpreter.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-25 05:39 PM

First Amendment gives the right to burn the flag. I personally think it's stupid to do that, but it shouldn't be illegal and isn't.

Trump is a fascist.

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-25 05:43 PM

" First Amendment gives the right to burn the flag. I personally think it's stupid to do that, but it shouldn't be illegal and isn't."

100%

#8 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-08-25 06:14 PM

"Uh, hello, is the FBI?"

"Yes, Ma'am. What is the national security issue you want the FBI to investigate?"

"There's some Mexican Muslims and Boy Scouts and Canadian migrants and maybe even Democrats gathered around in the park burning the American flag!"

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-25 06:18 PM

I feel like this is intended to be met with millions of liberals burning the flag, at which point Trump and his minions to start The Purge.

Trump just need to announce he will pardon anyone who shoots a flag-burning liberal.

In other words, this is purposefully being done "in a manner that is likely to incite imminent lawless action."

At least, that's the hope.

And the difference between us and them is we will call that out, and they will play dumb about it even though they know it's true.

They are the Know-Nothings of our time. And unfortunately for our time, they won the election.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-25 06:20 PM

The shit-smearing cop killers who attacked DC on J6 replaced the American flag with the orange rapist's flag.

#11 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-25 06:36 PM

I don't think people should be locked up for wearing the flag around and farting on it all day, but I do think it's trashy.

#12 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-08-25 06:40 PM

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