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Trump eyes First Amendment showdown with order to prosecute flag burning

— President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday requiring federal prosecutors to investigate and prosecute people for burning the American flag, a practice the U.S. Supreme Court said was protected speech in 1989.

In his executive order on Monday, Trump said that the flag is an important symbol that should be protected.

'Over nearly two-anda- half centuries, many thousands of American patr…

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