Stolen Valor is a law that forbids individuals from claiming they won military honors and decorations that they did not win. Makes it illegal in other words to claim that if it isn’t true.
It seems the issue will be framed as a free speech issue.
Are you free to lie, even about military honors, without being punished by the law if you do?...
...seems to be the question.
thanks for the clarification. As an old Army dog myself, I can’t believe I missed it. In addition, I thought that was settled law decades ago. Who filed the suit that would result in allowing liars to lie? (Hmm, must be a dem organization.)
If we lose that one, then we might as well start awarding Congressional Medals of Freedom to avowed socialists that have actively supported tyrants.
If there are no criminal penalties attached to such lies, can the recipients of these medals sue in Civil Court for stealing value from their awards?