INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern : Weekly Wrap-UpJudge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2026-09-20 | INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern : Weekly Wrap-UpINTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern - Weekly Wrap, 29-AugustJudge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-29 | INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern - Weekly Wrap, 29-August[BREAKING SPECIAL] : Rubios Shameful and Illegal Interference With the UN. w/ Prof. Jeffrey SachsJudge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-29 | [BREAKING SPECIAL] : Rubio's Shameful and Illegal Interference With the UN. w/ Prof. Jeffrey SachsProf. John Mearsheimer : Ukraine and Israel Destroying Themselves.Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-28 | Prof. John Mearsheimer : Ukraine and Israel Destroying Themselves.COL. Lawrence Wilkerson : Can Trump Restrain Netanyahu?Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-28 | COL. Lawrence Wilkerson : Can Trump Restrain Netanyahu?Pepe Escobar : BRICS vs. the West.Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-28 | Pepe Escobar : BRICS vs. the West.The Unseen Consequences of U.S. Support for IsraelJudge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-28 | ...Trumps Naive Approach to Global ConflictsJudge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-28 | ...Why is the U.S. Bombing Somalia?Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-28 | ...COL. Douglas Macgregor : Does Trump Understand Russia?Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-28 | COL. Douglas Macgregor : Does Trump Understand Russia?Phil Giraldi : Trump and His Enablers.Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-27 | Phil Giraldi : Trump and His Enablers.Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : A Very Dangerous Foreign Policy.Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-27 | Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : A Very Dangerous Foreign Policy.Aaron Maté : How the Ukraine War Started.Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-27 | Aaron Maté : How the Ukraine War Started.Prof. Gilbert Doctorow : Trump’s Confusing Signals.Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-27 | Prof. Gilbert Doctorow : Trump’s Confusing Signals.Kyle Anzalone : Why Progressives and Libertarians Agree.Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-26 | Kyle Anzalone : Why Progressives and Libertarians Agree.Max Blumenthal : Trump’s Indifference to Journalist Murders.Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-26 | Max Blumenthal : Trump’s Indifference to Journalist Murders.Law of the Land : No president, No Congress, can silence expression simply because it offends.Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom2025-08-26 | In 1989, in a narrow 5–4 decision known as Texas v. Johnson, the Court ruled that burning the American flag is protected under the First Amendment. It is not destruction of government property. It is not an act of violence. It is symbolic speech — and in America, speech is shielded by the Constitution, even when it is deeply offensive.
Perhaps the most striking defense of that decision came not from a liberal justice, but from conservative icon Antonin Scalia. Scalia openly admitted he loathed the act of burning the flag, but he also recognized that personal disgust cannot shape constitutional law. In his words: “If it were up to me, I would jail every scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag. But I am not king.”
That simple truth — that no president, no Congress, no majority can silence expression simply because it offends — is why legal scholars believe Trump’s executive order is destined for the same fate as past attempts: struck down by the courts.
In the United States, freedom of speech does not exist to protect the words and gestures we cherish. It exists to protect the ones we despise.
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