Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively bans burning the American flag. Flag burning has a longstanding history as a form of political expression, and it's the U.S. Code's preferred way of disposing of one no longer fit for display.

President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting flag burning, an issue he has personally complained about for years, has sparked fierce debate as the Trump administration tries to find legal avenues to prosecute flag burners despite a Supreme Court decision that declared the act protected free speech in 1989.