U.S. Supreme Court
Feb. 24, 2012
Supreme Court considers Stolen Valor Act
The U.S. Supreme Court touched on a range of topics Wednesday as it wrestled with the government's authority to punish people for lying, from an Orwellian ministry of truth to the tribulations of dating the dishonest.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court touched on a range of topics Wednesday as it wrestled with the government's authority to regulate the truth, from lying to save a life or sell a product to Orwellian truth police and the tribulations of dating the dishonest.
The court's four most conservative justices appeared strongly supportive of the Stolen Valor Act, a federal law that makes a crime ou...
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