Burn, Baby, Burn
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Trump's Executive Order Prohibiting Flag Burning Is Unconstitutional
The president is the last person who should confuse protected speech with incitement to violence.
Why Donald Trump and Josh Hawley Are Wrong To Call for Jailing People Who Burn the American Flag
The Supreme Court ruled decades ago that burning the flag is protected by the First Amendment, no matter how offensive that act may be.
Trump's Favorite Justice Was One of Those 'Stupid People' Who Think Flag Burning Is Protected Speech
Antonin Scalia twice joined Supreme Court decisions rejecting bans on that particular form of political expression.
Trump Calls for Jailing Flag Burners
"Now, people will say, 'Oh, it's unconstitutional.' Those are stupid people," the former president said.
Maryland Elementary School Tries To Force Students To Say The Pledge
Students have a constitutional right to refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance, no matter what school officials think.
Mrs. Alito and the Bad Flag
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What Do Gadsden Flags and Pride Flags Have in Common?
Sexual minorities aren't the only ones who love to wave identity flags.
A Louisiana Town Repeatedly Arrested a Man for His 'FUCK JOE BIDEN' Flags. Now, He's Suing.
"The Town has routinely detained, cited, and forced Mr. Brunet to go to trial to vindicate his constitutional rights, taking the extraordinary step of adopting a boldly unconstitutional local Ordinance to silence him," the complaint reads.
American Revolution Images Might Reveal You as a 'Violent Extremist,' Says the FBI
Instead, the feds are telling us something very revealing about themselves.
Supreme Court Rules Boston Was Wrong To Bar Christian Flag From City Hall
The justices unanimously agree that the city was not endorsing the flags, and that therefore it couldn’t exclude religious organizations.
License Plates, Flagpoles, and Editorial Discretion
On government curation and government speech.
The NFL Is Back. So Is the National Anthem Controversy. And Now There Are Two Anthems.
American society is grappling with complex, nuanced issues connected to race and political power. If we have to filter that debate through the binary of choosing to stand or sit for a national anthem, we'll never get much resolved.
Betsy Ross Is Canceled
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Texas Senior Suspended for Not Standing for Pledge of Allegiance
Lawsuit claims administrators were "whipped into a frenzy" by media coverage of NFL players' protests.
By All Means, Let's Take Politics Out of Sports—Starting With the National Anthem
Rid private functions of all symbols of the church-state. Then play ball.
Flag Burning Might Be Offensive, But it is Protected Speech
President-elect Donald Trump reignites a long-settled argument.
Donald Trump Suggests Flag-Burners Should Lose Their Citizenship
Or maybe spend a year in jail.
Illinois Cops Arrest 22-Year-Old for Flag Burning, Then Remember They Can't
'Citizens should not permit them to evade responsibility,' says First Amendment lawyer Ari Cohn.
Teacher Stomped on the Flag During Lesson About Free Speech. He Was Fired.
Teaching kids all the wrong lessons
The DIY Flag Designs of the Early Republic
...and the Progressive Era's rather different approach to the national banner
UC-Irvine Students Tried to Ban American Flag Because Free Speech 'Can Be Interpreted as Hate Speech'
More from the "everything is offensive" crowd.
Some Kanye West Merchandise Emblazoned With Confederate Flag, "Ain't Coming Down"
How to nurture controversy for profit 101
