Trumps Flag Burning Ban

[Smackdown2019]

1. His order is unconstitutional, but will be put to the test on our Judical System.

2. We ALL SHOULD NOT BURN our US FLAG. No matter what statement you are expressing. Rather we burn the MAGA Flags!

BURN THE MAGA FLAGS. Even the BLUE LINE US FLAGS. Those are NOT US FLAGS and in my opinion a disgrace to our National Flag.

Want to make a statement... BURN the MAGA Flag.. after all, that what we are fighting against!

[wcmagumba]

1. Maybe some of those "Don't tread on me" flags need to feel the heat...doesn't Maga like them?

[CaptainTruth]

16. I feel like flying one, I'm tired of Trump/GOP treading all over me!!!

I'd need a custom one that says "Hey Trump & GOP" across the top to make it clear.

[mobeau69]

24. I had a bumpersticker of one that read "DON'T TREAD ON MY OBAMA CARE".

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

2. Hey Trumpkkk, when ya' gonna ban cross burning? LOL

[LearnedHand]

3. Why should people not burn the American flag?

[niyad]

15. Because it hurts krasnov's feelings.

[LearnedHand]

21. Seems to be a reason TO do so then

[niyad]

23. Well, of course. But the question seemed to wonder about the reason

for krasnov's latest bs.

[eShirl]

4. burn confederate flags and swastika flags if you really want to piss them off

[InstantGratification]

7. Brilliant idea!

Not only will that piss them off, it will force them into explicitly supporting those flags or gritting their teeth in silence.

[surfered]

12. 👍 Burn the Trump flag

[Torchlight]

5. His Burning Flags Tour will fail to cover up his and Epstein's partnership

[chouchou]

11. I love that! "Yes! "Our burning Flag tour is coming your way" "Don't forget your fuel!"

[twodogsbarking]

6. Be aware of "open fire" laws. They will use it.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. I think he's looking for a "national emergency"

Taunting us into protest that will grant him power of martial law.

[Dave Id]

9. Yet another distraction

Trump is a rapist

[AllaN01Bear]

13. evry r presidient, always distraction and coverup.

[Farmer-Rick]

10. During W's torture tenure as president

I was at a protest that was so large we surrounded the Whitehouse. They burned a flag there. But it was a flag with all those corporate logos on them that looks like a US flag. It was a big hit with the protesters.

I wonder if those flags are also covered by his illegal, unconstitutional executive order?

No matter how the dancing Supremes enable and protect pedo fascist Trump, I can read and I know what the Constitution really says.

[AllaN01Bear]

17. theres 1 flag around here that id would like to burn,

is a trump flag as the word trump in the blue field and a standard us flag

[niyad]

14. A major problem with the lovely suggestions to burn maga, confederate, nazi,

etc., flags is that one needs to actually purchase, to be in possession of, such filth. (a fact that I gleefully pointed out to a group of church types who wer going to burn the Harryy Potter boks). Are you planning on buying, or stealing them, in order to burn them?

[progressoid]

25. I just saw two for sale on an online estate sale auction.

One was the basic Trump 2024. Not sure what the other one was. Probably some MAGA shit.
They were brand new. Still in their plastic packaging. Starting bid....one dollar. No body was bidding on them!

Oh, and I zoomed in and could read one of the labels. Made in the P.R.C.

[CaptainTruth]

18. Don't fly the MAGA flag, fry the MAGA flag.

[Tribetime]

19. Another distraction from Epstein, Ice and the Big Ugly Bill.

[OldBaldy1701E]

20. Yeah, about that 'burning thing'.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/article/2206946/how-to-properly-dispose-of-worn-out-us-flags/

The American Legion passed a resolution about flag retirement ceremonies in 1937, and they've been an important ritual ever since. According to the resolution, "The approved method of disposing of unserviceable flags has long been that they be destroyed by burning."

That is what I do when I have one that is not useable anymore. I will continue to do this.

The right of free speech, which has also included burning the flag, has been upheld as protected speech. I do not have a problem with this, as people have destroyed religious/cultural/governmental symbology in the name of protest and free speech for centuries. This is no different.

The orange gibbon can kiss my ass.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. Deadline: Legal Blog--Trump wants to prosecute flag burners. The Supreme Court has already said that's illegal

The president said it was a “very sad court” that previously rejected flag-burning prosecutions on First Amendment grounds.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/trump-flag-burning-prosecute-executive-order-supreme-court-rcna227012

During the Oval Office ceremony, the president lamented that a “very sad court” — “I guess it was a 5-4 decision,” he said — “they called it freedom of speech.”

He appeared to be referring to long-standing Supreme Court precedent on the subject. In a 5-4 decision joined by Scalia, the court said in 1989’s Texas v. Johnson: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.”

The court sided with Gregory Lee Johnson, who burned the flag in 1984 in Dallas during the Republican National Convention. The majority recounted that Johnson participated in a political protest called the “Republican War Chest Tour” against the Reagan administration and “certain Dallas-based corporations.” The majority said Johnson was convicted for “expressive conduct” and that he “did not threaten to disturb the peace.” It said the state’s interest in “preserving the flag as a symbol of nationhood and national unity” couldn’t justify his prosecution......

With that background in mind, let’s take a closer look at the new executive order.

While its performative political aspect is clear, a notable legal aspect is the degree to which it acknowledges the limits of Trump’s power in this area. Though the order instructs the attorney general to prioritize law enforcement actions against flag-burning, it caveats these instructions by saying to do so in ways “consistent with the First Amendment” and “to the maximum extent permitted by the Constitution.”

In other words: Do everything you can, except where you can’t. It’s unclear where that leaves any enforcement actions in reality.

So, the order’s legal effect is fairly limited by its own terms, putting aside whatever chilling practical effect it might have on people’s conduct — something that can’t be ignored these days.

By its own terms, trump's latest executive order is subject to the First Amendment. This is simply a stunt by trump that has no real legal effect.

[onenote]

26. +1

[Klarkashton]

27. It's just more trump friction. A chimp flinging his poop.