Trump Signs EO Targeting Cashless Bail and Flag Burning

Trump (R) began Monday by Signing Executive Orders (EO) Targeting Cashless Bail and Flag-Burning. "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail," Trump said. He signed an Order that White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf (R) said will Charge the Justice Department (DOJ) with Investigating instances of Flag Burning and Prosecute "when there's evidence of criminal activity."

In 1989, the Supreme Court Ruled that Flag Burning was a Form of "Symbolic Speech" under the Constitution. "Thank you for protecting the American flag. And we'll do that without running afoul of the First Amendment as well," Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) told Trump.

Trump Signs EO targeting Cashless Bail: Trump Signed another EO that the White House said will Task the Attorney General with Identifying areas around the Country with Cashless Bail Policies and Withholds or Revokes Federal Funds to the City. Trump took aim at Cash-Bail Policies in Illinois and Criticized Gov. JB Pritzker (D) as He Signed the EO. Trump will begin with in Washington, D.C.

The Order is expected to Threaten Withholding Federal Funding from Washington D.C. and possibly other Cities that have Cashless Bail. Supporters of Cashless Bail have Argued that it Harms those Lower-Income Offenders who don't have the means to afford Paying Bail for Release from Jail Pending Trial.

"No, we're going to be essentially crime-free. This is going to be a beacon, and it's going to also serve as an example of what can be done. We have to get rid of this cashless bail nonsense," Trump said earlier this month.

The U.S. Courts' Educational Summary cited the Majority Opinion in Texas vs. Johnson, in which Justice William Brennan wrote: "If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive."

Any Enforcement Effort would be Expected to Prompt immediate Litigation Challenging the Order on First Amendment Grounds, and Courts would have to Reconcile the Order with the Supreme Court Precedent.










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