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Feds charge veteran for flag burning protest outside White House

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Feds charge veteran for flag burning protest outside White House
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Federal prosecutors in D.C. charged Jan Carey, a military veteran, with misdemeanor counts for burning an American flag outside the White House, following President Trump's executive order urging investigation into flag burning, despite a 1989 Supreme Court ruling that protected symbolic speech under the First Amendment.

Topics:nationlaw-and-politics#executive-order#first-amendment#flag-burning#justice-department#law-and-politics#trump
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  1. Feds charge man who burned U.S. flag outside White House in protest of Trump's executive order  CBS News
  2. Prosecutors file criminal charges against veteran who burned US flag outside White House  WUSA9
  3. Veteran burns American flag in front of White House on day of controversial Trump executive order  Fox News
  4. PROSECUTING BURNING OF THE AMERICAN FLAG  The White House (.gov)
  5. The Supreme Court and flag burning: an explainer  SCOTUSblog

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