Posted on 01/06/2008 6:33:10 AM PST by forkinsocket
An elected official charged with falsely claiming he earned the military's highest honor has filed a motion to dismiss the federal case against him on free speech grounds.
The motion argues that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005, under which water board member Xavier Alvarez was charged, is incompatible with the First Amendment because it restricts free speech by criminalizing false claims of military honors.
Alvarez, an elected representative to the Three Valleys Municipal Water District, said last year at a water district meeting that he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his deeds as a Marine.
After admitting he never served in the military, he was charged with violating the Stolen Valor Act. He pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Using this logic, one could falsely claim any advanced degree on a resumé as ‘free speech’.
A non-Marine, so not semper fi, but semper fib.
Gads, does this fit.
Liberal - check.
San francisco - check.
Cooperation of a sleazy lawyer - check.
Not even close to a military hero - check.
Hmmm, save for the San Francisco part, sounds suspiciously like a certain Massachusetts senator. Perhaps we should also check whether this clown has C average in college.
Yeah, and that million dollar check I passed off the other day is also “free speech.”
As Supreme Ultimate Emperor of Earth, I hearby sentance Alverez to... (wait for it) ...water boarding.
(Hey Alverez, I can claim to be whatever I want to be, right?)
A lot of this goes on and it is symptomatic of illnesses running through society. We are being victimized by the sociopaths because our “leaders” are afraid to stand up for values, indeed imho even the conservative politicians have no values.
It takes a special kind of creep to publicly lie about military service in this way.
I wonder if anyone has bothered to check his legal status. It is southern Kalifornia you know!
Perjury is free speech.
To a liberal lying is free speech because there is no higher authority.
Now its "fake, but inaccurate."
I do believe that liberal trash can think that this is okay. - Why not?
This story cannot be real!
Of course, the story fails to mention the party affiliation of this "elected representative." Hmmm. Let met guess.
ML/NJ
Water board? Gives me an idea regarding his punishment.
Oh, on the link I posted, he also claims a Purple Heart.
Should be his punishment.
Assuming they're really conservative.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907149/posts
Its Kalifonia, what do you expect?
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