Trump seeks to charge people who burn flags that incite violent crime, which he argued wouldn't be protected as political speech. What does Michigan law say?

A military veteran was detained after burning an American flag outside the White House in protest of Donald Trump's executive order. It's a First Amendment right to burn the American flag. It occurred the day Trump signed an executive order calling for a year in prison for anyone who burns the American flag.

The Constitution protects flag-burning as a form of free speech, late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said.