The arrested man identified himself as a combat veteran and said he was burning the American flag in protest of an executive order Trump signed Monday targeting flag burning.

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    The other option is that the supreme court undoes a prior decision, like they did to roe v. wade. Texas v. Johnson was only a 5-4 decision (To be clear, I think this would be awful as well, but it is likely how the admin plans to enforce this, assuming they have a plan).

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      Which is why legal precedent is not law. I’m waiting on Brown v board of education to be overturned based on how they’re acting.

      They’ve already weakened the public school system to the point where the only chances my daughter may get a decent education is if we go private or heavily supplement the public education and I prepare to have many parent/teacher conversations about her being “disruptive” and “undermining authority”.