One of the more relevant maxims today, particularly in the age of social media, is the fact that saying the same thing over ...

President Trump proposes one-year jail sentences for burning American flags and claims he's working with Congress on legislation, though flag burning remains constitutionally protected ...

“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag,” Trump posted. — -- President-elect Donald Trump wrote on Tuesday that anyone caught burning the American flag should face ...

Congress passed an anti-flag burning law called the Flag Protection Act of 1989. But in 1990, the Court struck down that law as unconstitutional in a second case, United States v. Eichman.

The Flag Protection Act of 1989 was supported at the time by President George H.W. Bush, before it was ruled unconstitutional, and the Flag Protection Act of 2005, another failed attempt to ...

But the legislative branch struck first and passed the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which made it criminal to desecrate the flag, regardless of motive. Protesters responded quickly by burning ...

Clinton. In 2005, Clinton co-sponsored the Flag Protection Act which, while it did not call for the stripping of citizenship, made flag burning with the intent to incite violence or disturb the ...

Not according to Congress. The Flag Protection Act punishes with fines and up to one year in prison any person who “knowingly mutilates . . . any flag of the United States.” That same law ...

Almost immediately, various groups began promoting a Flag Protection Amendment to the Constitution ... capital on amending the USA Patriot Act or filibustering right-wing judges, rather than ...

While she was senator of New York, Clinton co-sponsored the Flag Protection Act of 2005, which would have outlawed "destroying or damaging a U.S. flag with the primary purpose and intent to incite ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX) — If there’s one thing Americans love, it’s displaying our flag — but are you doing it correctly? Follow these rules, and you’ll always be respecting Ol’ Glory.