"If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail," Trump said. His executive order aims to sidestep the First Amendment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute people for burning the American flag, an activity that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled is legitimate political expression protected by the U.S. Constitution.

President Trump's executive order to "prioritize" prosecution of American flag burning must confront a Supreme Court precedent protecting the act of expression.