Supreme Court rejects Stolen Valor Act, suggests rewrite

By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer (Army Times)

Military fakers scored a major victory at the U.S. Supreme Court when the justices struck down the Stolen Valor Act, the 2006 law that made it a federal crime to lie about receiving military medals.

The court’s 6-3 majority ruled June 28 that the broadly written law making false claims of military honors illegal under any circumstances violated the First Amendment right to free speech. Read more…