President Trump has issued an Executive Order requiring the Justice Department to prosecute people for burning the American flag. But the Supreme Court has ruled flag burning is free speech. What the debate reveals about the value of national symbols.

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September 22, 2025 ~ Will Walkey and Meghna Chakrabarti ~ On Point

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“Rather than outlawing the desecration of the flag, what you want is ideally somebody sees the desecration and then gets into an argument with the person doing it, ‘Hey, stop that.’”

Jeffrey Alexander

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