Topic: Stolen Valor Act
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a federal law making it illegal to lie about being a war hero is constitutional and making ...
(Eugene Volokh) . From today's United States v. Strandlof (10th Cir. Jan. 27, 2012):. . As the Supreme Court has observed time and again, false...
0 . The Department of Justice will ask the Supreme Court to uphold a law making it illegal to lie about being a war hero.. . Government lawyers...
Federal prosecutors in Colo. argue that military impostor law doesn't violate free speechProsecutors trying to preserve a federal law aimed at military impostors say the act won't discourage legitimate free speech because it targets only lies.The U.S. attorney ...
On December 20, 2006, former President George W. Bush signed into law the Stolen Valor Act of 2005. An unpopular conflict, Vietnam service was avoided by many American men, either through draft deferments or by going to Canada. As the tarnished reputation ...
Lone Pine, California, is not known as a hotbed of military and political intrigue. Bill Wenzel, stationed in Okinawa, Japan during the early 1970's, had no comment on the allegations that he falsified his military discharge papers, claiming to have received ...
Former President George W. Bush signed into law the Stolen Valor Act of 2005, which I was so happy to hear! It was so hard to accept the fact that a man I lived with for years had lied, not only about ...
Xavier Alvarez flat-out lied when he claimed he had been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and was convicted of violating the federal Stolen Valor Act. Appealing his conviction, Alvarez argued that his lie - although an admitted whopper - was protected by the ...
US appeals court panel: Law against faking receipt of military medals is unconstitutionalA federal appeals court panel in California says people have a right to lie about receiving military medals.The Tuesday ruling involves the case of Xavier Alvarez, who falsely claimed ...
Fed judge rules law penalizing fake military heroes is unconstitutional, dismisses Colo. caseA judge in Denver has ruled that a federal law making it illegal to lie about being a war hero is unconstitutional because it violates free speech.The ruling, made ...
