The other giant Supreme Court ruling came in the Stolen Valor case where the United States Supreme Court said there can be no laws criminalizing a person who fabricates their veteran service. Wall Street Journal notes. “ The Supreme Court cited First Amendment free-speech rights in striking down a law that made it a federal crime to falsely claim to have been awarded military medals.The 6-3 majority opinion upheld a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that had declared unconstitutional the Stolen Valor Act, a 2006 statute Congress passed “to protect the reputation and meaning” of military honors.Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said, “Permitting the government to decree this speech to be a criminal offense, whether shouted from the rooftops or made in a barely audible whisper, would endorse government authority to compile a list of subjects about which false statements are punishable.”“
Is it free speech or protecting veteran’s honor???? Please comment on whether the Supreme court did the right thing.
‘Stolen Valor” case debate: Free Speech vs. Protecting Veterans
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