Congress Takes Aim at Phony Vets in New Stolen Valor Act
Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government got a step closer to punishing those who lie about military service for profit when the House of Representatives passed a revamped version of the Stolen Valor Act Thursday.The…
Obama Announces New Website to Combat False Claims of Military Medals
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(RENO, Nev.) — President Obama announced Monday that later this week the federal government will launch a website to try to reduce the number of Americans fraudulently claiming to have been awarded medals by the military, a respo…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Stolen Valor Act
Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court struck down the Stolen Valor Act on Thursday, saying that the First Amendment defends a person’s right to lie — even if that person is lying about awards and medals won through…
Faking Heroism: Top Court to Rule on Stolen Valor
Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In the few days left in its current term, the nation’s highest court is set to decide a controversial case over whether people who lie about military honors should be protected under the First Am…
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Stolen Valor Act
Comstock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Maj. David McCombs, a U.S. Marine who has served four tours overseas, stood out in the cold early Wednesday morning waiting for one of the few public seats in the Supreme Court hearing room.McCombs came to the court t…
Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Stolen Valor Act
Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Jonathan D. Libby does not dispute the fact that his client, Xavier Alvarez, told a “whopping” lie when he announced publicly that he had been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.Alvarez was…