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Trump Abandons Executive Order on Flag Burning Charges

8/22/2025

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President Donald Trump will not issue an executive order on August 21, 2025, concerning charges for flag burning.
The order was intended to instruct Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine related cases.
A Supreme Court ruling from 1989 upholds flag burning as a form of political protest under the First Amendment.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump will not issue an executive order on August 21, 2025, concerning charges for flag burning.
The order was intended to instruct Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine related cases.
A Supreme Court ruling from 1989 upholds flag burning as a form of political protest under the First Amendment.