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  2. United States v. Alvarez - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Stolen Valor Act of 2005 - Wikipedia

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    If convicted, defendants might have been imprisoned for up to six months, unless the decoration lied about is the Medal of Honor, in which case imprisonment could have been up to one year. 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 ...

  4. False statements of fact - Wikipedia

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    The legal rule itself – how to apply this exception – is complicated, as it is often dependent on who said the statement and which actor it was directed towards. [6] The analysis is thus different if the government or a public figure is the target of the false statement (where the speech may get more protection) than a private individual who is being attacked over a matter of their private ...

  5. New York tax preparer 'the Magician' pleads guilty to filing ...

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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... Prosecutors say the scheme run by Alvarez consisted of false information that was designed to fraudulently reduce people's tax ...

  6. Stolen Valor Act of 2013 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Judge Stops California Law Targeting Election Misinformation

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    Mendez's ruling argues that the law, which is aimed at cracking down on "deepfakes" and other forms of false speech intended at misrepresenting an opponent's views and actions, ends up making ...

  8. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First ...

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    3.7 False speech. 3.8 Fighting words ... United States v. Alvarez (2012) Susan B. Anthony List v. ... Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (2002) Public employees

  9. Fact check: Trump makes false and unsubstantiated ... - AOL

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    An official report by US Customs and Border Protection, written two days after Trump left office and subsequently obtained by CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez, said the total number built under Trump was ...