• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    This is well-established law. A decision made by SCOTUS.

    Texas v. Johnson

    Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.

    So this is absolutely pathetic of the Trump administration. These charges have no chance of sticking. It’s just authoritarian bullying.