“PS, Civil War reenactors, Storm Troopers, etc, are not trying to obtain a benefit by fraud.”
That wasn’t my point. I cited those examples to refute your foolish notion that, just because someone goes to great trouble or expense to put together an outfit, they must be hoping to gain a material benefit by doing so. Since there are countless examples of people who go to such lengths to put together outfits who don’t seek that kind of benefit (which you just admitted), your point is refuted.
“Wearers of unearned medals are.”
Then you can prosecute them for fraud, and we don’t need another law.
We’re back to the basic elements of human psychology.
We do thing hoping for reward. Civil War reenactors have their own set of self-defined rewards, but they are not based on fraud, which the wearing of unearned medals is. No one with a well trimmed white beard and dress greys hopes anyone thinks he is Robert E. Lee.
Wearers of unearned medals hope viewers will really think they are valorous veterans, and they hope for a reward from that lie.
yes, it is fraud, but there are numerous types of fraud enumerated and described under the law. Some are more serious than others. For example, uttering a worthless check for $5000 is a more serious crime than a worthless check for $5. Fraud against a senior citizen is a more serious charge than simple fraud, etc.
This law simple defined a fraud under the law, which the America and military-hating San Francisco-based 9th circuit simple didn’t like.
$1.00 says SCOTUS reverses, if the Obama mis-administration pursues the matter with any vigor.