Flag Burner
Gene Stilp sued Harrisburg, Pa. and the Pennsylvania secretary of general services in federal court, claiming he was arrested unconstitutionally for trying to burn a Trump campaign flag, though he had a permit to do so.
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Iranian Factory Makes US Flags to Burn
Near the hometown of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, workers at a small Iranian factory diligently add all 50 stars and 13 red-and-white bars to what are supposed to be U.S. flags, and carefully imprint the blue Star of David on Israeli ones.
Read moreNC City Votes Against Reality TV Star’s Giant Flag
Officials for a North Carolina city declined Monday night to change an ordinance to allow the flying of oversized flags, rebuking reality TV star Marcus Lemonis and the massive Old Glory outside his RV dealership.
Read moreStacey Abrams Defends Burning Georgia Flag in 1992
Before she was the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, Stacey Abrams participated in a flag-burning protest of the Georgia state flag, which featured a prominent Confederate symbol, more than 25 years ago.
Read moreJudge Quashes Bid to Fly ‘Christian Flag’ in Boston
A civic group failed to persuade a federal judge Wednesday that Boston must mark its proposed event by flying a flag featuring a red Latin cross.
Read moreBoston Ban on Religious Flags Inspires Suit
A civic group that wants to fly a flag of a red Latin cross over Boston City Hall brought a federal complaint Friday to get its way.
Read moreGroup Calls Mississippi Flag ‘Racially Hostile’
A Mississippi nonprofit sued the city of Ocean Springs on Tuesday, claiming its display of the state flag is “racially hostile and demeaning” because of its inclusion of the Confederate battle emblem.
Read moreOriginal Flag Burner Sues Over Failed Reboot at GOP Convention
A San Francisco man whose right to burn the flag was enshrined into U.S. law sued Cleveland and conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones, claiming the city suppressed a flag-burning protest at last year’s GOP convention and Jones’ InfoWars reporters gave false reports to bolster assault charges.
Read moreSupreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Mississippi Flag
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Mississippi attorney who believes the state flag is an unconstitutional endorsement of white supremacy.
Read moreThat First Amendment Lesson Didn’t Go So Well
A North Carolina high school teacher who lost his job for stepping on an American flag in his social studies class to teach a lesson about the Bill of Rights has sued the school board a second time, this time for racial discrimination.
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Mississippi Attorneys Seek to Stop Revival of Flag Lawsuit
Attorneys for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant asked the Fifth Circuit to deny a request for a new trial in a lawsuit that sought to erase the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.
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