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United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709 (2012), is a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was unconstitutional. The Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was a federal law that criminalized false statements about having a military medal.
The Stolen Valor Act of 2013 (Pub. L. 113–12 (text); H.R. 258) is a United States federal law that was passed by the 113th United States Congress.The law amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a person to fraudulently claim having received a valor award specified in the Act, with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that ...
In United States v. Alvarez (2012), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was an unconstitutional abridgment of the freedom of speech under the First Amendment–striking down the law in a 6 to 3 decision.
Derek Robert Hamm pretended to be a decorated military veteran to trick and defraud investors, according to the Department of Justice.
The Minnesota governor is being hailed as a YIMBY zoning reformer despite doing nothing of consequence on the issue.
June 28, 2012: In the case of United States v. Alvarez, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005's criminalization of the making of false claims of having been awarded a military medal, decoration, or badge was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech. [163]
Spring Valley police said it is investigating an apparent homicide after a woman's body was found at an apartment complex Friday morning. Police said the body was found at the Hillcrest Point ...
Watkins v. United States (1957) Sweezy v. New Hampshire (1957) NAACP v. Alabama (1958) Bates v. City of Little Rock (1960) Shelton v. Tucker (1960) Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (1963) Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund (1975) Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) In re Primus (1978) Roberts v. United ...