US Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, Sec. 8 (g)

[Wonk]

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/4/8.html
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.



Bush signs American flags for workers at Beaver Aerospace and Defense after speaking about jobs and economic growth in Livonia, Michigan, Thursday, July 23, 2003.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030725/168/4s8z4.html

[wuushew]

1. What he is doing is not against the law

he is just being a hypocrit, the seconds he does something that is a criminal and not civil offense then lets get the ball rolling

[DUreader]

2. It does violate a Michigan law, probably unconstitutional, but..

let him defend against it in a court of law

[DUreader]

3. Link to Michigan Law

from lbn thread

Michigan
The State of Michigan makes it a misdemeanor for anyone to publicly mutilate, deface, defile or show
contempt for the U.S. flag or the Michigan state flag.

State Laws here

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/speech/flagburning/topic.aspx?topic=flag_statelaws

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=34379&mesg_id=34379&page=2

[foo_bar]

4. executive privilege

I feel it desecrates writing.