{"id":132236,"date":"2025-08-28T15:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/28\/even-antonin-scalia-would-think-donald-trumps-latest-power-grab-is-tyrannical\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:22:18","slug":"even-antonin-scalia-would-think-donald-trumps-latest-power-grab-is-tyrannical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/28\/even-antonin-scalia-would-think-donald-trumps-latest-power-grab-is-tyrannical\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Antonin Scalia Would Think Donald Trump\u2019s Latest  Power Grab Is Tyrannical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yes, if I were king, I would not allow people to go about burning the American flag. However, we have a First Amendment, which says that the right of free speech shall not be abridged\u2014and it is addressed in particular to speech critical of the government. That was the main kind of speech that tyrants would seek to suppress.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span>\u2014The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jezebel.com\/trump-bans-burning-the-american-flag-undermining-a-former-scotus-decision\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a 2012 interview,<\/a> making it crystal clear why the First Amendment protects burning the American flag. His comments are uniquely relevant since President Donald Trump recently singed an Executive Order<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/08\/trump-steps-on-texas-v-johnson-tries-to-make-flag-burning-a-criminal-offense\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> purporting to outlaw burning the American flag<\/a> \u2014 just like a tyrant would do.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/08\/even-antonin-scalia-would-think-donald-trumps-latest-power-grab-is-tyrannical\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Even Antonin Scalia Would Think Donald Trump\u2019s Latest  Power Grab Is Tyrannical<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/02\/Scalia.jpg?resize=220%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Yes, if I were king, I would not allow people to go about burning the American flag. However, we have a First Amendment, which says that the right of free speech shall not be abridged\u2014and it is addressed in particular to speech critical of the government. That was the main kind of speech that tyrants would seek to suppress.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2014The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jezebel.com\/trump-bans-burning-the-american-flag-undermining-a-former-scotus-decision\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a 2012 interview,<\/a> making it crystal clear why the First Amendment protects burning the American flag. His comments are uniquely relevant since President Donald Trump recently singed an Executive Order<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/08\/trump-steps-on-texas-v-johnson-tries-to-make-flag-burning-a-criminal-offense\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> purporting to outlaw burning the American flag<\/a> \u2014 just like a tyrant would do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, if I were king, I would not allow people to go about burning the American flag. However, we have a First Amendment, which says that the right of free speech shall not be abridged\u2014and it is addressed in particular to speech critical of the government. 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