Constitutional – First Amendment – Medal Claim – Stolen Valor Act

By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 6, 2011

Tags: Constitutional, Judge James P. Jones, U.S. District Court - Western District

A Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court says the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 does not violate defendant’s First Amendment free speech rights, and the court refuses to dismiss an indictment charging defendant political candidate with altering documentation submitted to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and falsely stating that he served in Vietnam and received ...

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