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  2. Flag Desecration Amendment - Wikipedia

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    A history of U.S. laws banning flag burning and other forms of flag desecration, from 1897 to the proposed Flag Desecration Amendment. On Language: Desecration. Column in the New York Times (July 31, 2005) by William Safire on the use of the word desecration in the proposed amendment. Cracking the Flag-Burning Amendment; A Brief History of Flag ...

  3. Texas v. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Flag desecration - Wikipedia

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    Actions that may be treated as the desecration of a flag include burning it, [1] urinating or defecating on it, defacing it with slogans, [1] stepping upon it, damaging it with stones; bullets; or any other projectile, cutting or ripping it, [1] improperly flying it, verbally insulting it, dragging it on the ground, [2] or eating it, among other things.

  5. Here's How You Should Properly Dispose of an American Flag - AOL

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    Actually, according to the U.S. Flag Code, the preferred method of disposal is burning. Many organizations will hold flag burning ceremonies on Flag Day and are happy to include your flag in their ...

  6. White House condemns protesters for burning American flags in DC

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    “Identifying with evil terrorist organizations like Hamas, burning the American flag, or forcibly removing the American flag and replacing it with another, is disgraceful,”…

  7. Harris condemns flag burning, Hamas graffiti at protest in ...

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    The flag burning and graffiti outside Union Station drew strong criticism from Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries, the chamber's Democratic leader.

  8. Flag Protection Act of 2005 - Wikipedia

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    Amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions regarding desecration of the flag to prohibit: (1) destroying or damaging a U.S. flag with the primary purpose and intent to incite or produce imminent violence or a breach of the peace; (2) intentionally threatening or intimidating any person, or group of persons, by burning a U.S. flag; or ...

  9. Man is charged with burning American flag during Washington ...

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a man with burning an American flag in the nation’s capital during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in July.