U.S. Supreme Court
Feb. 22, 2012
High court to consider "stolen valor" case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday on whether a federal law used to convict a Pomona politician for lying about being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor violates the First Amendment.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - Serial liar Xavier Alvarez told one whopper too many when he introduced himself at a Southern California municipal meeting in 2007 as a Marine veteran who'd been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
His lie triggered an FBI investigation and criminal charges brought under the Stolen Valor Act, a 2006 federal law that makes it a crime to falsely claim to have earned a military ...
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