Should flag burning be illegal?
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the attorney general to prosecute unlawful acts that involve desecrating the American flag. The order directs the attorney general to refer acts involving flag destruction that may violate state or local laws to the relevant local authorities; it also calls for litigation to clarify the extent of First Amendment protections for such acts. Though the order does not stipulate a specific punishment, President Trump said that violators will face one year in jail.
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| 0:40.7 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:59.4 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 1:06.3 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about desecrating the American flag. Whether flag burning is illegal, should be illegal, covering Donald Trump's executive order, |
| 1:13.3 | the president has instructed the attorney general to start prosecuting unlawful acts that |
| 1:18.1 | involved desecrating the American flag. We are going to break down exactly what the order says |
| 1:23.2 | and whether it is going to hold up. Today is Thursday, August 28th, |
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