No More Sacred Cows

If Burning a Pride Flag Is a Crime, Burning Old Glory Is Too

OPINION: By Walter Curt

President Trump has done what our political class has dodged for a generation: he drew a bright line around the American flag. With his new executive order directing the Department of Justice to prioritize prosecutions where flag desecration overlaps with real crimes—and with his explicit call for a one‑year jail sentence for thos…