Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guest Opinion. Is the American flag protected by a federal statute that says the flag should be “respected”? The statute 4 U.S.C.

If I hated my country so much that I felt compelled to burn its flag, I’d like to think I’d also have the courage of my convictions to book a flight out. We all have criticisms of where we live — ...

Nearly 250 years after the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution establishing the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States, we mark another Flag Day celebrating Old Glory ...

The president woke up today in an uproar about Old Glory. He then took it out on the First Amendment. Justice Antonin Scalia was not a fan of flag-burning, which he often used as an example of the ...

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to sign an executive order targeting burning the U.S. flag — an act the Supreme Court of the United States has repeatedly ruled is protected speech. Fox ...

Flag burning has been a protected act for decades, but a new president and a new U.S. Supreme Court justice could tip the scales the other way, writes attorney Thomas R. Julin. Although ...