Arrests under President Donald Trumps federal crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., have blown past 1,000 as the nations capital marked its 12th consecutive day without a homicide, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Monday.Pirro said that on Sunday alone there were 86 arrests and 10 illegal guns seized, bringing the totals to 1,007 arrests and 111 guns taken off the streets."What does that mean? They can't be used to shoot people, to kill people," Pirro said Monday on "Fox & Friends," referring to the weapons seizures. "And on top of all of that, we've got a government now where the people in D.C. are feeling safer. They know that there is a president who's looking to protect them."SOME NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARE NOW ARMED IN WASHINGTON, DCPirro credited President Donald Trumps deployment of federal agencies with reshaping public safety in the capital."D.C. was one of the most violent cities in the world, and but for President Trump coming in and bringing in our federal partners we've got a unified force of people and law enforcement who were going into the crime-ridden areas and making a difference," she said."And I'll tell you why it's making a difference. Today is the 12th day without a homicide in Washington, D.C. So far this year, we've had 101 homicides. But for the last 12 days, nothing. Yep. Policing works."FBI Director Kash Patel said 26 of Sundays arrests came from FBI operations, including five drug seizures."Keep getting after it," Patel posted on X.Pirro also took aim at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, who claimed that only nine arrests had been made under the federal crackdown.Johnson said he would push back against reports that Trump is considering deploying the same type of operation in Chicago, calling the Trump administrations efforts "uncoordinated, uncalled-for and unsound."Pirro, however, said the rollout in Washington was working and serving as a deterrent for criminals.HUNDREDS ARRESTED AS TRUMPS WASHINGTON, DC, CRIME CRACKDOWN HITS FULL STRIDE"The good news is that they're afraid to commit crimes when you have an increased law enforcement people in the community, especially the crime-ridden community, they're saying thank you," Pirro said. "They're afraid to commit crimes because they know that being accountable Johnson ought to hope that the president comes there to clean up the mess in Chicago."Chicago, home to about 2.7 million people, has topped the nation in homicides for 13 straight years, logging 573 in 2024 alone, according to the city's own figures.Trump on Monday signed an executive order targeting Washington, D.C. that instructs police to charge suspects with federal crimes and hold them in federal custody to avoid cashless bail.The president also signed an executive order that seeks to end cashless bail by threatening to revoke federal funding from jurisdictions that use it.The updated D.C. crime statistics come as National Guard units deployed in Washington, D.C., have been authorized to carry firearms, the D.C. National Guard said and some troops have already been observed armed on patrol.Trump activated the National Guard in Washington, D.C., earlier this month as part of an effort to curb violent crime, sweeping up gang members, robbery suspects and immigration violators.The operation began quietly Aug. 7 with the launch of the "Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful" task forcethat Trump created in March through an executive order.The president escalated it on Aug. 11 by temporarily seizing federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under emergency powers in the Home Rule Act, the first such move in U.S. history.Along with the National Guard and FBI, the crackdown has brought in a wide range of federal agencies including the U.S. Marshals, ATF, DEA, Capitol Police and Park Police to work alongside local officers in crime-ridden neighborhoods.Fox News' Amanda Macias and Reuters contributed to this report.

Norwegian tennis star Casper Ruud will look to channel some of the magic he had in the 2022 U.S. Open and get back to the final of the last Grand Slam tournament of the year.Ruud lost that final to Carlos Alcaraz in four sets. This year, he hoped to get off on the right foot with a victory over Sebastian Ofner in the first round of the tournament.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe No. 12 seed opened up about being back in the Big Apple for the U.S. Open and noted there was one thing he didnt miss upon his return."It's complicated to be on the court with people smoking joints. Having to inhale that smell of marijuana when we're tired is not fun at all," Ruud told Norwegian media. "The intensity of the odor is very strong at times."He added that the marijuana smell was the "worst thing about New York."SERENA WILLIAMS OPENS UP ABOUT 31-POUND WEIGHT LOSS USING GLP-1 MEDICATION: SOMETHING I SUFFERED WITH"The smell is everywhere, even here on the courts," Ruud said, via Tennis Up to Date. "We have to accept it, but it's not my favorite smell. It's quite annoying to be playing, tired, and just meters away, someone is smoking marijuana. We can't do anything about it unless the law is reversed, but I have strong doubts that will happen."New York legalized marijuana in 2021 but the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is a smoke-free facility, according to the U.S. Open website.However, it has not stopped marijuana smoke from coming into the building. Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios complained about the smell in 2022.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

Police in Rhode Islands largest city are in hot water with municipal investigators over their alleged presence and behavior at an immigration enforcement operation.Providences External Review Authority, or PERA, found Friday that police in the Ocean States capital acted in violation of a city ordinance against cooperating with ICE while present at a July operation involving federal agents.PERA found police "impermissibly assisted" ICE agents in conducting civil immigration enforcement operations," according to WLNE, which obtained a copy of the report.PERAs report claimed police wrongfully established a perimeter, gathered intelligence and generally aided ICEs response to the pursuit of Honduran national and alleged fentanyl trafficker Ivan Rene Mendoza-Meza.FLORIDA OFFICIAL CONFRONTS NEWSOM OVER CRASH TIED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKERThe civilian board, which requires part of the polices budget be allocated to its own, singled out one sergeant who had allegedly helped ICE confirm Mendoza-Mezas location when speaking with a landlord.The report suggested Providence Police put out clearer operational guidelines for situations involving federal agencies and hold training sessions with all officers.Providence Police told WLNE in a statement that it reviewed PERAs report and confirmed it is creating training materials as recommended."The Providence Police Department remains dedicated to fairness, accountability and building trust with all members of our community."Mendoza-Meza was listed as a "worst of the worst" candidate by ICE in a statement identifying him as a "documented MS-13 gang member" who goes by "El Negro."AMERICA'S ORIGINAL SANCTUARY STATE REBUKES BONDI'S WARNING, DENIES OBSTRUCTION OF ICEOn July 13, federal agents were chasing Mendoza-Meza when he crashed his vehicle.Mendoza-Meza reportedly hit a parked car, and Providence Police responded to "ensure public safety" at the accident scene, according to a Boston Globe report.However, the Globe further reported that video from the scene showed police allegedly assisting ICE by speaking with the landlord, reviewing photos taken by federal agents of a figure seen inside the dwelling and an exchange in which one officer told an agent "I want your people grabbing him; well help you."Mendoza-Meza had faced a prior charge of fentanyl trafficking in Rhode Island in 2023, according to the paper, and indictments in two other instances, according to WLNE.City Council President Rachel Miller asked for an external review at the time, remarking, "What is this if its not cooperation," and claimed the perception of police working with the feds is "damaging to the overall community safety."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn 2017, then-Mayor Jorge Elorza signed the Providence Community-Police Relations Act into law, which is what the police in Mendoza-Mezas case are accused of violating.The ordinance prescribes that police are prohibited from complying with interagency requests to assist in operations conducted "solely for the purpose of enforcing federal civil immigration law."Examples given by the law include traffic perimeters solely meant for immigration enforcement, providing documentation on inmates and allowing feds access to police premises without a warrant.

Zohran Mamdani is "dangerous," and socialism would be a "death knell for New York City," former Gov. Andrew Cuomo told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures."The leading mayoral candidates represent the political divide that has been brewing in the Democratic Party since President Donald Trump reclaimed the White House last year.Cuomo said this "internal debate" should come as "no surprise," tying Mamdani to fellow self-described democratic socialists, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., both of whom have endorsed Mamdani's campaign."The primaries get the most active, often on the Democratic side, the most far-left people to come out to vote, and he mobilized the 20- to 30-year-olds, the socialists. The socialist organizations across the country sent volunteers, sent funding," Cuomo said, rationalizing Mamdani's Democratic primary win.NYC OFFICIAL WARNS BUSINESSES WILL FLEE 'IN DROVES' IF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST CANDIDATE WINS MAYORAL RACEThe former governor, who is running as an independent candidate after losing to Mamdani in June, said the general election electorate is "much different."CITY-RUN GROCERY STORES, DEFUNDING POLICE, SAFE INJECTION SITES: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT NYC'S NEXT POTENTIAL MAYOR"New York City people are not socialists," Cuomo said. "They're not anti-business people. They're not anti-corporate people. They want jobs. They want growth.""It's antithetical to New York City to be anti-corporate," Cuomo said on Fox News on Sunday, criticizing Mamdani and his fellow "socialists" who believe in government freebies, taxing the rich and seizing the means of production.New York City was "built on capitalism," Cuomo said.Mamdani plans to pay for his ambitious policy agenda, which includes free buses, no-cost healthcare and city-run grocery stores, by raising taxes on the 1% and corporations.His plan includes raising the corporate tax rate to 11.5% and taxing the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers 2%, according to Mamdani's campaign website."New York City corporations are already high-taxed, as are the individuals," Cuomo said. "I think it would be a death knell for New York City, and he is dangerous, frankly, for New York City."Meanwhile, Cuomo explained that his "pro-growth development strategy" focuses on attracting and building businesses and is central to Cuomo's campaign."Too many businesses, as you know, have moved out of New York. So, number one, get more businesses here and grow the businesses that are here," Cuomo explained.A Bloomberg study found that 158 companies managing $993 billion in assets moved their headquarters out of New York between 2020 and 2023.In addition to building businesses in New York City, Cuomo said he is focused on public safety and affordable housing."Crime is a real problem in New York City as it is in cities across the country, and New York City exacerbated it. A few years ago, the socialists went through this defund the police, this anti-police movement," Cuomo said.According to Cuomo's campaign website, the former governor wants to add 5,000 new police officers to the New York Police Department (NYPD). He told Fox News that he plans to add 1,500 officers to the patrol subways.And to provide more affordable housing, Cuomo said he plans to add 50,000 new units per year, which will "add to the supply and meet the demand."Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani for a response to Cuomo's comments but did not immediately hear back.

A major trade magazine editor is calling on TV producers to "hold up a mirror" to Americas "plunge into fascism" under President Donald Trump in their shows.Ahead of the 2025 Emmy Awards ceremony in September, Variety's executive editor Michael Schneider recalled recent comments made by "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan, who hoped for television to return to more aspirational and heroic storytelling in contrast to his iconic crime drama.Schneider disagreed in an article last week, claiming that writers cant "sugarcoat" how "our rights are continually under attack.""Thats why before we move on to creating new images of the world wed like to see, we need to chronicle the one were now in," he wrote. "Hold a mirror up to the reality of the situation in the hopes that maybe the public will understand whats at stake (and not sugarcoat this quick plunge into fascism were all witnessing)."TRUMP MAY HAVE 'JUST HANDED AN EMMY' TO STEPHEN COLBERT, INDUSTRY REPORTER SAYSHe held up recent Emmy nominees as examples, such as the Disney+ series "Andor" for "its depiction of what happens when authoritarian rule takes hold and how to resist" and Hulus Emmy-winning series "The Handmaids Tale" for being "chillingly accurate in predicting where we would end up.""In the coming months and years, the reality of our situation will need to be embedded in many shows (particularly, but not limited to drama) that traverse our real world," Schneider wrote. "Will political dramas depict the crumbling of Americas place and influence in the world? Will legal dramas take on the ICE invasions of our cities?"He continued, "What about the attempts to silence journalists? The move to erase the sometimes ugly truth about this countrys history? The stripping of diversity, equity and inclusion standards? How corporations, in self-interest and self-greed, are bending at the knee to please our rulers? The assault on our higher learning institutions? The defunding of scientific research?"CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURESchneider also claimed that, among other things, freedom of speech has been threatened, the military has been unleashed against political enemies and a "secret police in ICE" has been arresting people without just cause."These arent normal times, so we cant rely on normal stories in our TV shows," he concluded.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn May, Schneider wrote a similar report about how imaginary fascist worlds, such as the ones seen in "The Handmaids Tale" or Amazon Primes "The Boys," "dont seem so far-fetched anymore" under Trump.

"Emily in Paris" resumed filming just days after the show's assistant director suddenly died.Lily Collins, who stars in the Netflix show, was spotted on set on Aug. 23 just two days after Diego Borella collapsed and died on location.Collins and co-stars Eugenio Franceschini, Ashley Park and Paul Forman were photographed as filming resumed. The daughter of renowned musician Phil Collins wore a beaded gown, pink gloves and a hat as the group filmed on a boat.PHIL COLLIN'S DAUGHTER LILY COLLINS DIDN'T WANT A FREE PASS IN INDUSTRY: IT WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION'Paramount Television Studios confirmed Borella had died during filming of the fifth season."We are deeply saddened to confirm the sudden passing of a member of the Emily in Paris' production family," a spokesperson for Paramount told People magazine. "Our hearts go out to the individuals family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time."Borella collapsed while filming a final scene inside Hotel Danieli in Venice on Aug. 21, according to multiple local outlets. La Repubblica reported the assistant director was treated by medics on set, but was unable to be revived.The assistant director was hired locally and had trained in Rome, London and New York.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSThe fifth season of "Emily in Paris" began filming on Aug. 15 with a scheduled end date of Aug. 25, People magazine reported.Season five will premiere on Netflix on Dec. 18.Collins shared photos from filming on Instagram as she celebrated the announcement."The countdown officially begins, with a first look and release date for @emilyinparis SEASON FIVE! Emily's Italian adventure continues, from cobblestones to canals, on December 18th" she wrote.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERCollins opened up about portraying the marketing genius Emily in the hit Netflix show ahead of the last season. "Emily in Paris" focused on an American girl working in marketing who moves to Paris to follow her career dreams."I was happy that this season you really get to see Emily feel all the feelings and have a breakdown and not look perfect all the time and actually be more vulnerable," Collins said during an episode of Vanity Fair's "Still Watching" podcast."I think that this season we get to see her be more complex, and be okay being more complex."

Florida is looking into sanctuary jurisdictions that provide commercial driver licenses to illegal immigrants after an illegal immigrant truck driver allegedly caused a crash that killed three people earlier this month, state Attorney General James Uthmeier told reporters Monday.Uthmeier spoke to reporters at a press conference alongside other law enforcement officials in response to the Aug. 12 crash involving 28-year-old illegal immigrant Harjinder Singh, and the arrest of another illegal immigrant, identified as Roberto Carlos Vergara, who was driving a commercial vehicle in Bay County on Sunday night."Our office is investigating both the actions of other sanctuary jurisdictions as well as the agents and companies that, you know, provided these exams or lack thereof," Uthmeier said, referring to CDL exams that potential truck drivers must first earn before operating the vehicles.Illegal immigrants are unable to obtain drivers licenses in Florida, Uthmeier said, adding that sanctuary states that provide illegal immigrants with the licenses are creating a "major liability."RUBIO PAUSES WORKER VISAS FOR TRUCK DRIVERS AFTER DEADLY FLORIDA CRASH INVOLVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT KILLS 3Singh is an illegal immigrant who was operating a commercial semi-truck with a trailer on the Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce when he allegedly attempted a U-turn in an unauthorized area before the trailer jackknifed and collided with a minivan, killing all three of its passengers, according to officials. He reportedly got his CDL licenses from California and Washington State.Uthmeier noted that Vergara, who is now under an ICE hold, had obtained his CDL license from New Jersey.BLUE STATE INVESTIGATES HOW ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCKER GOT LICENSE BEFORE DEADLY FLORIDA CRASH"It's hard to imagine a situation where somebody doesn't speak English, can actually go through one of these exams and receive, you know, the necessary authorization," the attorney general said. "If you can't read street signs, how are you going to drive large commercial vehicles, 18-wheelers, tractor trailers in a safe manner?"Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson said authorities are stepping up enforcement against illegal immigrants driving commercial trucks in the state.Some measures include adding pullover lanes along Floridas northern border and adding X-ray machines to interdiction stations, Simpson said.

The family of the late Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser, slammed last week's release of prison interview transcripts between Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.The family accused the DOJ of giving Maxwell an opportunity to "rewrite history.""The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwells conviction for child sex trafficking," Giuffre's family said in a statement, NBC News reported. "This travesty of justice entirely invalidates the experiences of the many brave survivors who put their safety, security, and lives on the line to ensure her conviction, including our sister."MAXWELL SAYS SHE NEVER SAW TRUMP DO ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE, NEW DOJ DOCS REVEALGiuffre was a prominent Epstein accuser who claimed that she was sex-trafficked by Maxwell to Prince Andrew at age 17. Prince Andrew denied those allegations. Guiffre sued him civilly, and was granted an unspecified settlement in 2022.On March 24, Giuffre was involved in a car accident with a school bus in rural Western Australia, leaving her with what she said were only days to live. On April 25, she died by suicide in her Neergabby, Australia home.GHISLAINE MAXWELL SAYS NO JEFFREY EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST EXISTS AS DOJ RELEASES INTERVIEW RECORDINGS"During [Deputy Attorney General] Todd Blanches bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history," Giuffre's family said about the DOJ's interview with Maxwell, the transcripts of which were released on Friday.After the interview with Blanche, Maxwell was moved from a prison in Tallahasse, Florida, to a minimum security facility in Texas."By moving convicted felon Maxwell to a minimum security, country club prison, the DOJ sends a disturbing message that child sex trafficking is acceptable and will be rewarded," the family statement continued.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. Last month, Blanche interviewed her over a two-day period regarding Epstein.In the interview, Maxwell denied having trafficked anyone or having witnessed any non-consensual sexual activity or any sex involving minors, though she conceded that Epstein could have been involved in such activities."I do believe that Epstein did a lot of, not all, but some of what he's accused of, and I'm not here to defend him in any respect whatsoever," Maxwell told Blanche. "I don't want to, and I don't think he requires, nor deserves any type of protection or from me in any way, to sugarcoat what he did or didn't do"Fox News Digital reached out to the DOJ and Maxwell's attorney.

Tennis fans received dramatics that are usually reserved for Broadway rather than Flushing Meadows on Sunday night as Benjamin Bonzi upset Daniil Medvedev in the U.S. Open.Bonzi won the match 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 0-6, 6-4 over Medvedev. But the match was delayed for more than six minutes as Medvedev argued with the chair umpire.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMMedvedev was enraged by chair umpire Greg Allensworths decision to award his opponent a first serve after a photographer entered the court on match point. Allensworth told the photographer to get off the court and that Bonzi would get another first serve because of the delay. Medvedev was up in arms over the decision."He wants to go home, guys. He doesnt like to be here. He gets paid by the match, not by the hour," he was heard on the microphones telling the chair umpire.Medvedev said he was upset with the decision and didnt think the interruption from the photographer was long enough to warrant restarting the point. A U.S. Tennis Association spokesman said the photographer was escorted from the court by U.S. Open security and his credential was revoked.TENNIS STAR CASPER RUUD REVEALS THE 'WORST THING ABOUT NEW YORK' AHEAD OF US OPEN"I was not upset with the photographer. I was upset with the decision," Medvedev said. "The delay from the photographer was probably four seconds and a half. Im not sure its enough for a (first) serve."Medvedev also referenced Reilly Opelkas past criticism of the umpire in his tirade. He blew kisses to fans and encouraged loud boos.Bonzi suggested Medvedevs behavior crossed the line."I mean, the rule is the rule. The guy went on the court between two serves," Bonzi said. "I mean, its not my call to say first serve. And I think, yes, Daniil started it, and he put oil on the fire."Bonzi, of France, reached the third round of the U.S. Open in 2023. He has one career title.The Associated Press contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digitalssports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.

President Donald Trump and his administration are likely set to challenge a Supreme Court ruling that protected the burning of the American flag under the First Amendment with a new executive order calling for those who desecrate the U.S. flag while inciting violence or breaking other laws to face prosecution.The executive order, which Trump signed Monday morning, directs the attorney general to prosecute those who violate laws "in ways that involve desecrating the flag," and to pursue litigation that would clarify the scope of the First Amendment as it relates to flag desecration.Burning the American flag, however, already has been litigated, with the Supreme Court ruling in 1989 that burning the flag is a form of symbolic speech that is protected by the First Amendment."I think what the president is saying, is that he's ordering Attorney General Pam Bondi, Justice Department lawyers to prosecute those who maliciously burn an American flag," senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies told Fox News Digital Monday. "And what that would essentially do is tee up a challenge eventually for the Supreme Court to revisit and potentially overturn its prior precedent saying that burning an American flag is protected speech."TRUMP TO CRACK DOWN ON FLAG BURNING, DESECRATION WITH EXECUTIVE ORDERThe 1989 case was centered on political protester Gregory Lee Johnson, who burned the American flag in 1984 outside the Republican National Convention in Dallas in protest of President Ronald Reagan's re-election."America, the red, white, and blue, we spit on you," protesters chanted as Johnson lit the flag on fire, according to details in the case, called Texas v. Johnson.Johnson was charged under the Texas Venerated Objects Statute, a state law that prevented individuals from vandalizing respected objects such as the U.S. flag. Johnson was found guilty in 1985 and sentenced to one year behind bars and a $2,000 fine, but appealed the ruling.The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in 1989, with the nation's highest court ruling in a 54 decision that burning the American flag was protected speech under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court held a conservative majority at the time.TRUMP'S RENEWED CALLS TO JAIL AMERICAN FLAG BURNERS CLASHES WITH COURT PRECEDENTJustice William J. Brennan, a Democrat nominated by former President Dwight Eisenhower, issued the majority opinion, and argued "that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.""We can imagine no more appropriate response to burning a flag than waving one's own, no better way to counter a flag-burner's message than by saluting the flag that burns, no surer means of preserving the dignity even of the flag that burned than by as one witness here did according its remains a respectful burial," the majority opinion read. "We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so we dilute the freedom that this cherished emblem represent."Justices Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, Antonin Scalia and Anthony M. Kennedy joined Brennan in the majority opinion. Chief Justice Rehnquist authored the court's dissenting opinion, arguing that the American flag holds a unique status in the U.S. that should protect it from acts such as burning.In 1990, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its ruling the year prior, while invalidating Congress' Flag Protection Act of 1989, which lawmakers passed in response to the Supreme Court's Texas v. Johnson ruling.Trump's Monday executive order calls on the attorney general specifically to launch legal efforts to clarify "the scope of the First Amendment."TRUMP VOWS CONSEQUENCES FOR 'ANIMALS' BURNING AMERICAN FLAGS IN LA, SLAMS THOSE WAVING OTHER COUNTRIES' FLAGSThe executive order states: "To the maximum extent permitted by the Constitution, the Attorney General shall vigorously prosecute those who violate our laws in ways that involve desecrating the American Flag, and may pursue litigation to clarify the scope of the First Amendment exceptions in this area."Back in 2003, current Justice Clarence Thomas provided some insight into where he stands with the burning of venerated objects, offering a dissenting opinion in the case Virginia v. Black on the burning of crosses.Thomas cited Rehnquists dissenting opinion in the Texas v. Johnson case in his 2003 dissenting opinion on cross-burning."In every culture, certain things acquire meaning well beyond what outsiders can comprehend. That goes for both the sacred, see Texas v. Johnson, 491 U. S. 397, 422-429 (1989) (REHNQUIST, C. J., dissenting) (describing the unique position of the American flag in our Nation's 200 years of history), and the profane. I believe that cross burning is the paradigmatic example of the latter," he wrote in 2003.Smith pointed to two dynamics to watch out for with regard to a potential flag-burning case landing on Supreme Court's docket in the future: that some justices have expressed "some concern that potentially expressive conduct has been read too broadly," and how the justices will apply stare decisis, which is legal doctrine outlining courts should follow established precedents, such as the 1989 ruling."I think a couple of things are happening here," he said. "I think some justices have expressed some concern that potentially expressive conduct has been read too broadly. Things that are really conduct, not speech, have been read to be protected, and maybe they should not be protected, as protected as they have been in the past."TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO ELIMINATE NO-CASH BAIL FOR SUSPECTS IN DC AND NATIONWIDE"The other interesting dynamic, I think that you should watch for, is how certain justices will apply what's known as stare decisis, and essentially that's the fancy Latin term. It means that 'they decided," Smith continued. "Several times recently, Chief Justice Roberts in particular, has said that even though he disagrees on the merits with the decision the Supreme Court is reaching, he has joined the majority anyway because he believes stare decisis should apply and the court should not overturn or revisit its previous decisions in this area. Even though he may subsequently disagree with it."Trump celebrated the executive order during the Monday signing ceremony in the Oval Office, saying the 1989 Supreme Court ruling protecting flag burning was made by a "very sad court.""Flag burning. All over the country, they're burning flags. All over the world, they burn the American flag," he said. "And as you know, through a very sad court, I guess there was a 5 to 4 decision. They called it freedom of speech.""But there's another reason, which is perhaps much more important," he said. "It's called death. Because what happens when you burn a flag is the area goes crazy. If you have hundreds of people, they go crazy.""You could do other things. You can burn this piece of paper," he said. "But when you burn the American flag, it incites riots at levels that we've never seen before."First Amendment groups such as the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression slammed the executive order in comment provided to Fox News Digital, saying Trump does not have the "power to revise the First Amendment with the stroke of a pen.""Flag burning as a form of political protest is protected by the First Amendment," Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Chief Counsel Bob Corn-Revere said in Monday comment. "Thats nothing new. While people can be prosecuted for burning anything in a place they arent allowed to set fires, the government cant prosecute protected expressive activity even if many Americans, including the president, find it "uniquely offensive and provocative."