Flag Burning At Trump Tower: Donald Trump Protests Test First Amendment

Asked if the president, who has spoken to Trump by phone a few times since the election, was concerned about such views, Earnest replied: “This is not the first thing that the president-elect has said or tweeted that President Obama disagrees with”. Had the legislation would have punished flag-burners with a $100,000 fine and two years in prison.

A video posted Tuesday (shown above) shows members of the left-wing NYC Revolution club dousing two small us flags in accelerant and igniting them in front of Trump Tower in NY.

Trump did not say what inspired his proposal, but it comes just days after a college in western MA chose to stop flying all flags, including US flags, after someone there burned one to protest Trump’s election victory over Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

“In addition to ignoring the Supreme Court’s clear teaching that flag burning is constitutionally protected speech, Mr. Trump’s tweet also casually suggests that citizens should lose their citizenship as a “penalty” for such acts”, explained Vladeck. Burning a flag as protest, right?

Tuesday morning, President-Elect Donald Trump tweeted that anyone who burns the American flag should experience consequences. We believe America’s willingness to let dissenters desecrate or burn its most visible symbol shows our nation’s strength every bit as much as it expresses its freedom.

Activists stood in front of the Trump International Hotel in New York City in a video posted on Wednesday night to burn two USA flags. NY ruled that NY could not convict a person for disparaging the flag.

Flag burning is legal in the United States because of the 1989 case “Texas v. Johnson”.

The Supreme Court ruled people have the right to burn a flag under the First Amendment in 1989 and 1990.

The U.S. Supreme twice struck down state laws prohibiting flag-burning.

Organizations such as the ACLU have fought to uphold the USA flag burning as a form of expression. “So I disagree with Mr. Trump on that, and the court is probably right”, Duffy told CNN.