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Trump signs orders ending cashless bail, making flag burning illegal
- On Monday, President Donald Trump signed executive orders ending cashless bail in Washington, D.C., and directing the Justice Department to prosecute flag burning.
- These actions respond to concerns over crime and flag desecration despite the 1989 Supreme Court ruling protecting flag burning as free speech.
- The bail reform started in D.C. in the 1990s restricts monetary bail, and the order aims to federalize custody and prosecution of suspects to reverse this policy.
- Trump stated that flag burning will be punishable by one year in jail with no early release, and federal law enforcement can deploy nationwide on less than 24 hours' notice.
- The executive orders may withhold federal funds from jurisdictions retaining cashless bail and revoke immigration benefits for foreign nationals who burn the American flag.
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In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the burning of the national flag is covered by the right to freedom of expression. Donald Trump now "energically pursue" the desecration. Civil rights activists reject the new decree.
Washington, Aug. 25 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday for Washington, D.C., and other cities in the country to remove cashless bail for arrested suspects and threatened to withdraw federal funds to locations that oppose it. “We’re putting an end to it,” Trump said on bail without cash, and instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify jurisdictions in the country that have policies of this kind to “revok…
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The Morning JournalWhat to know about cashless bail after Trump’s executive order
By MELISSA GOLDIN, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday threatening to withhold or revoke federal funding to local and state governments that offer cashless bail, arguing that it is a threat to public safety. “No cash. Come back in a couple of months, we’ll give you a trial. You never see the person again,” he said, moments before signing the order. Attorney General Pam Bondi must submit a list of jurisdict…
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