Stolen Valor Act found Unconstitutional
PASADENA — The Stolen Valor Act, under which former water board member Xavier Alvarez was fined and ordered to perform community service in 2007, was upheld as being unconstitutional. The…
PASADENA -- The Stolen Valor Act, under which former water board
member Xavier Alvarez was fined and ordered to perform community service
in 2007, was upheld as being unconstitutional.
The 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier ruling determining that a law
barring people from lying about their military heroics was a violation
of free speech.
The earlier ruling, which was made by three of the court's members in August, invalidated the 2006 act by Congress.
John Adams-Graf ("JAG" to most) is the editor of Military Trader and Military Vehicles Magazine. He has been a military collector for his entire life. The son of a WWII veteran, his writings carry many lessons from the Greatest Generation. JAG has authored several books, including multiple editions of Warman's WWII Collectibles, Civil War Collectibles, and the Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms. He is a passionate shooter, wood-splitter, kayaker, and WWI AEF Tank Corps collector.
