#SCOTUS in Texas v Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989), & reaffirmed in US v Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990), ruled that due to the #FirstAmendment to the #US#Constitution, it is #unconstitutional for a #government (whether #federal, #state, or #municipal) to prohibit the desecration of a #flag, due to its status as "symbolic speech."
#law#FreeSpeech #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/496/310