Few acts of protest have divided the nation like flag burning, a form of symbolic speech repeatedly defended by the U.S. Supreme Court as a protected First Amendment right.
From the landmark 1989 decision in Texas v. Johnson to ongoing political outrage decades later, flag burning remains a defining symbol of America’s tension between patriotism and protest.
For many civil rights and LGBTQ activists, the act represents the ultimate assertion of free expression—the right to dissent, criticize government policy, and challenge authority without fear of imprisonment. Critics, however, continue to call for penalties or constitutional amendments to ban it outright.
JRL CHARTS covers how flag burning debates resurface during every election cycle, often weaponized to rally voters or test the limits of free speech and democracy.
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