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9th Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns Stolen Valor Act

9th Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns Stolen Valor Act
Published 19-Aug-2010 in TRN Central News
 

The Stolen Valor Act, which made it illegal to lie about receiving a combat service medal, has been ruled unconstitutional by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.   Jed Babbin reports - Guest Host for The Laura Ingraham Show

 

Stolen Valor Act Is Declared Unconstitutional by Circuit Court

by James Dao - NY Times

Criminalizing speech is a tricky business, but Congress seemed to think it had found the right balance in 2006 when it overwhelmingly enacted the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a crime simply to lie about having received a military medal or service badge.

But the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit begs to differ. In a decision released on Tuesday, the three-judge panel, based in San Francisco, declared the law unconstitutional because it infringed on the defendant’s freedom of speech, even if it was false. That defendant, Xavier Alvarez, had claimed to be a Marine and a winner of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award. He was neither.

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