United States v. Alvarez
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united-states-v-alvarez-166-12230903
title:
United States v. Alvarez
text:
United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709 (2012), is a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was unconstitutional. The Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was a federal law that criminalized false statements about having a military medal. It had been passed by Congress as an effort to stem instances where people falsely claimed to have earned the medal in an attempt to protect the valor of legitimate recipients. A 6–3 majority of the Supreme
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US Supreme Court decision (2012)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Alvarez
date created:
2011-12-19T16:31:31Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T23:34:06Z
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