FLAG DESECRATION

flag desecration.The act of mutilating, defacing, burning, or flagrantly misusing a flag. • Flag

desecration is constitutionally protected as a form of free speech. United States v. Eichman, 496

U.S. 310, 110 S.Ct. 2404 (1990). [Cases: United States 5.5.][Blacks Law 8th]