The US Supreme Court ruling says flag burning is an expression protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution.

Burning an American flag has been considered protected speech since 1989

US president attempts to circumvent 1989 supreme court decision which said flag burning is protected speech

Trump signed an executive order threatening to charge people who burn flags near other violent crime.

The orders come amid Trump's crackdown on the nation's capital.

The president wants to prosecute protesters who desecrate the American flag, but his order concedes that such protests are typically covered by the First Amendment.

The US Supreme Court ruling says flag burning is an expression protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution.

Trump attempts to go around court’s 1989 ruling that right to burn flags is protected speech – key US politics stories from Monday 25 August

A military veteran was detained after burning an American flag outside the White House in protest of Donald Trump's executive order. Footage shows Jay Carey saying into a…