The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday overturned a federal law that makes it a crime to falsely claim a military honor. "The Nation well knows that one of the costs of the First Amendment is that it protects the speech we detest as well as the speech we embrace," Justice Kennedy wrote for the court.
June 29, 2012 at 12:00 AM
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday overturned a federal law that makes it a crime to falsely claim a military honor.
United States v. Alvarez, 11210, raised questions about the extent to which the First Amendment right to free speech protects false statements. The high court affirmed the conclusion the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reached in 2010that the law, the Stolen Valor Act of 2005, is unconstitutional.
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