TIL Desk/World/Washington-President-elect Donald Trump said that anyone who burns an American flag should face unspecified “consequences,” such as jail or a loss of citizenship, a move that was ruled out by the Supreme Court nearly three decades ago.
Trump took to Twitter, stating, “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag, if they do, there must be consequences, perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!”
It was not immediately clear what prompted the tweet. The president-elect’s tweet is a direct conflict with free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
It came as he prepared to name a secretary of state and transportation secretary. The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that flag-burning is “expressive conduct” protected by the First Amendment.
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