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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Supreme Court Ruling Goes Undetected, Until Now

While most people were focused on the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act decision, justices slipped out another ruling. The court ruled the 2006 Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional. The law had made lying about receiving military awards a crime. A California man who lied about being a decorated war hero brought the suit. Xavier Alvarez successfully argued that the law violated his First Amendment right to free speech. The government had tried to convince the Court that the law protected the integrity of military medals. It is still illegal to wear unearned medals, even if you can now lie about having them.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

2 words...john kerry

Anonymous said...

Try it in front of me. I know when you're lying and we will not need the police or judges.

Anonymous said...

Anon 10:53am

That was a proven lie.