 In the other nine states, any provocative misuse of the flag can be prosecuted as an ("act contrary to order", an administrative offence that can be handled without a court process and that carries only a fine that is not legally considered a punishment).In the United States, conversely, American-founded white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan have used the "Reichskriegsfahne" side-by-side with the Confederate "battle flag" at their gatherings at times.As the public display of Nazi flags within the United States is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which guarantees the right to freedom of speech, sights like the Nazi and Confederate "rebel flag" together at white supremacist events are legally protected free speech in the United States.