Stolen Valor Act Overturned

SCOTUS

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 4:39PM EDT / Published Jun. 28, 2012 11:19AM EDT

With all the attention on Obamacare, the news was easy to miss. But the Supreme Court made another important decision Thursday, ruling 6-3 that the Stolen Valor Act violates the First Amendment. The court struck down the controversial law, which made it a crime to lie about winning military honors. In its decision, the court added that the act did have “substantial justification” and could be rewritten by Congress in a narrower fashion that wouldn’t violate free speech.

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Stolen Valor Act Overturned