President Donald Trump’s executive order to criminalize burning the American flag isn’t the first Republican effort to ban the provocative protest. In fact, the party came within a single vote of ...

Donald Trump signed an executive order in late August that seems to make it illegal to burn the American Flag. Trump signed the executive order on Aug. 25 in the Oval Office. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

President Trump stated his administration "took the freedom of speech away" in relation to flag burning. Trump signed an executive order in August directing his administration to prosecute people who ...

Symbolic speech refers to nonverbal and nonwritten forms of communication, such as picketing, wearing an armband, hoisting (or burning) a flag, and making a gesture such as a salute — ...

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for a North Carolina veteran facing criminal charges for burning a flag in protest near the White House say they plan to file a constitutional challenge seeking to have the case ...

American presidents have long tested the bounds of First Amendment protections. From John Adams enforcing the Sedition Act that criminalized critical speech, to Woodrow Wilson suppressing anti-war ...

The case was brought by a Nashua couple after the city rejected their application to fly a Revolutionary War-era "Appeal to ...

A federal appeals court in Massachusetts has ruled Nashua officials violated a local couple’s free speech rights when they ...

George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party, shakes his fist during his speech at Drake University, 1967. George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party, shakes his fist ...

From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...

Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.