Letters
Jan. 3, 2012
Protecting the integrity of the Medal of Honor
A reader responds to "The Stolen Valor Act: Is policing honesty the best policy?"
Craig Missakian
Westland Real Estate Group, Long BeachIn United States v. Xavier Alvarez the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Stolen Valor Act - which makes it a crime to lie about receiving certain military honors - violates the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. In his column "The Stolen Valor Act: Is policing honesty the best policy?" Andrew Thomas suggested that "[a]t stake may be no less than the question of who gets to decide political 'truth.'" As he put it, "Should the government be able to criminalize statem...
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