Dhaka, Aug. 26 -- President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute individuals who burn the American flag - an act the U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized as protected political expression under the Constitution.

The order acknowledges the court's 1989 5-4 ruling that flag burning is safeguarded by the First Amendment but argues prosecutions are possible if the act is deemed "likely to incite imminent lawless action" or constitutes "fighting words."

"You burn a flag, you get one year in jail," Trump said at the Oval Office ceremony. "It goes on your record, and you will see flag burning stopping immediately."

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The order also instr...