The U.S. flag code says American flags should not be displayed upside-down except as a signal of “dire distress,” but free speech protections prevent prosecution.

Trump on 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial, some Trump supporters across the country flew the American ... it flat or horizontally. In the code, it states that the flag should ...

Indeed, a February 2023 Defense Department memo reminded troops that the flag should never be carried flat or horizontally ... of U.S. troops holding up the American flag, especially during ...