# Trump's violations of the Constitution **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 10, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-violations-of-the-constitution/1022914 "2025-09-10T18:10:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-violations-of-the-constitution/1022914/2 "2025-09-10T19:27:34Z")
Well, a good starting point would probably be this recent thread: > [@Surprisingly, President Trump just violated the Constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-president-trump-just-violated-the-constitution/1022517): > > In a shocking turn of events, President Trump signed an unconstitutional [executive order](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/prosecuting-burning-of-the-american-flag/) making burning the American flag a crime. He said it incites rioting and as per Brandenburg v. Ohio that expression that leads to "imminent lawless action\* is not protected. Thing is, the Supreme Court specifically looked at that in Texas v. Johnson and said that flag burning does not meet that standard and therefore burning or desecrating the flag was protect. I, for one as I’m sure all of you are, am ap… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-violations-of-the-constitution/1022914)._