'Stolen Valor' Act Struck Down By Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court cited First Amendment rights to free speech in striking down a law that made it a federal crime to falsely claim to have been awarded military-honor 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.

What a fuckin joke.

Supreme Court Strikes Down 'Stolen Valor' Law - WSJ.com

 

[cplmac]

Given the decisions released by the court in the past two days (Arizona immigration law and Obamacare) this is not a surprise at all. This particular decision is the result of culture of moral equivalence. When people don't have the backbone to say something is right or wrong nihilism is the result, or liberalism, same thing.

 

[MacN8r]

I guess everyone can start wearing their awards from BF2, 2142, and BF3 now.

 

[Sano]

I guess everyone can start wearing their awards from BF2, 2142, and BF3 now.

LOL, if only they actually existed...

 

[2Tartu]

I guess everyone can start wearing their awards from BF2, 2142, and BF3 now.

Shit, need to build up some muscle for that ton of brass...