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Donald Trump Issues Order Defying Supreme Court Precedent

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A new executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday will allow for the prosecution of people involved in the burning of the American flag. This is in direct opposition to a precedent set by the Supreme Court in the Texas vs. Johnson case in 1989 that deemed the action an act of "symbolic speech."

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