President Donald Trump is making his move against those who burn the American flag.
More than three decades after the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot prohibit burning or desecrating an American flag because doing so would violate the United States Constitution, Trump will order prosecutors to punish anyone who burns the American flag.
The president signed an order on Monday directing the Department of Justice and other agencies to “vigorously prosecute” anyone who burns or desecrates the flag, as well as “pursue litigation” aimed at having the Supreme Court overturn the 1989 case Texas v. Johnson, which prohibited punishing anyone for burning an American flag.
