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The Same Flag That Flies, Protects Citizens from Burning It, until now

President Trump's administration criminalizes desecrating the Flag

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ColonelRETJohn Mills
Sep 01, 2025
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U.S. Flag Code doesn’t exactly mandate or enforce prosecution for the intentional desecration and improper display of Old Glory as a prosecutable offense since 1989. A recent executive order signed by President Trump now criminalizes that act with a few caveats, with a recent arrest just outside the Whitehouse gates.

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