This Ain’t Hell has a stolen valor story about some moron that claimed he had been awarded the MoH. Stolen valor is a federal crime and should be punished as such. This douche bag is trying to get the Stolen Valor Act overturned on grounds of free speech. Don’t think that’s going to fly.
Check it out:
Why Stolen Valor doesn’t violate 1st Amendment
Last month I wrote about the Denver Post going squishy on Richard Strandlof’s impending trial for a violation of the Stolen Valor Act. The Post wrote that convicting him would violate his 1st Amendment right to free speech. Well, apparently, there’s some case law that says otherwise.
There’s only one issue I tend to get bent about though, it’s the MoH not the CMH. The name of the award is the Medal of Honor, not the Congressional Medal of Honor. It is awarded in the “name of Congress” which is usually why people call it that. Yeah, it’s nitpicky, but it’s a fact. Call it what it really is.
Truth, Lies and In Between 