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Full 9th Circuit refuses to rehear Stolen Valor Act case

By By The Associated Press,
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PASADENA, Calif. ? A federal appeals court yesterday refused to review an earlier ruling by three of its members that a law making it illegal to lie about being a military hero violates free speech. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision strikes down the so-called Stolen Valor Act passed by Congress in 2006. It also vacates a judgment and fines leveled against Xavier Alvarez, of Pomona, Calif., a water district board member who said at a public meeting in 2007 that he was a retired Marin read more

Full post as published by First Amendment Center on March 21, 2011 (boomark / email).