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High court torn over law banning lies about medals

Associated Press

  February 23, 2012

Free speech cases before the Supreme Court often lead justices to consider far-fetched scenarios, and yesterday’s argument over a law making it a crime to lie about having received top military honors was no exception. One after another, the justices wanted to know whether a decision upholding the Stolen Valor Act could lead down a slippery slope to new laws against such things as lying about the Holocaust, an extramarital affair, a high school diploma, college degrees, or to impress a date.

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