President Trump will sign an Executive Order mandating prosecution for those who desecrate or burn the American Flag
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I think I'll celebrate by burning a whole pile of BLM flags until all they are is a little ash in the wind. They are practically giving them away now anyway since BLM was shown to be a giant scam from the beginning. They arent worth anything anyway. BURN BABY BURN !
Yakuda
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And?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.
The American flag has been desecrated by protesters in recent months, as captured in video footage, most notably during anti-Israel protests that rocked U.S. cities and college campuses under the Biden administration and during Trump administration ICE raids to remove illegal aliens from the nation.
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
Indeed and guess who will challenge it.
Does his hair turn you on?
BartenderElite
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Would you rather protect the flag....or the Constitution?
That's the big question.
That's the big question.
Both...there is no enumerated Constitutional right to burn the flag.
Just like abortion...new Supreme Court on the bench.
BartenderElite
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Never heard of the ol' 1st amendment, eh?
Sure and it does not say that there is an enumerated Constitutional right to burn the flag.
BartenderElite
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Not specifically - but it protects symbolic speech & the right to free expression.
No way around that. If you support this EO, you reject the Constitution.
That was really, really stupid. It is part of free speech, which you Trumpys are against. You cannot get beyond your right-wing Trumpism. Controlling the masses is much of what they are laying the groundwork for. Free speech ends where the crazy Trumpys start.
I believe its one in the same, the power of the flag is that we allow people to burn it if they chose.
The Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of burning the American flag, not you, Nordy.
BartenderElite
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It's what separates us from more oppressive nations.
If you ban this....how long until you make it illegal to criticize the government or the country in any way?
If you ban this....how long until you make it illegal to criticize the government or the country in any way?
Not now, the EO has been signed.
The far left loons have gotten away with a lot of mierda before, murdering the unborn, but there is a new S.C. and a new sheriff in town.
You can still do that, just not by burning the flag.
Good men and women have died carrying the American flag into battle...and the left burns it.
BartenderElite
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Why is that exempted?
Speech is speech. It's showing weakness as a nation if we do this. It's what oppressive regimes do.
Do you believe that executive orders carry the same weight as laws?
Do you believe Trump is a king?
