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When Flag Burning Becomes a Crime | Interview: Sanford and Cynthia Levinson

Will an executive order undermine the Constitution?

Sarah Isgur and David French talk about flag burning and protected free speech in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order on the same subject.

Then, husband-wife duo Sanford and Cynthia Levinson, authors of ⁠Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today⁠, join to discuss why they believe some of our contemporary political problems stem from our founding document.

The Agenda:
President Trump’s executive order
Texas v. Johnson
—Dinkus vs. Dingus
Greenbag.org
NIH v. American Public Health Association
—Intro to constitutional law for non-lawyers

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Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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