Is it against the law to stomp on the American flag?
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It is illegal to burn the American flag. It was illegal until 1989, when the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in Texas v. Johnson that burning the flag is a form of symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment. ... Those decisions led to a national movement to amend the Constitution to make flag desecration illegal.Jun 14, 2011
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It is illegal to burn the American flag. It was illegal until 1989, when the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in Texas v. Johnson that burning the flag is a form of symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment. ... Those decisions led to a national movement to amend the Constitution to make flag desecration illegal.Jun 14, 2011