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 1989 Supreme Court case ruled that burning the American flag is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment.

President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting flag burning, an issue he has personally complained about for years, has sparked fierce debate as the Trump administration tries to find legal avenues to prosecute flag burners despite a Supreme Court decision that declared the act protected free speech in 1989.