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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Case Study: The Stolen Valor Act

Question 3 • U.S. Government - SS3315 IC

Why does the justice object to the enforcement of the Stolen Valor Act?

Answer
A
Laws must not prevent false speech about others.
B
Laws making it a crime to tell lies about oneself are not needed.
C
It is not possible to reverse a lie through other speech.
D
Lies told about others are less serious than lies told about oneself.

Explanation

The justice objects because criminal punishment is not necessary to address lies about a person’s own military honors. Other people can expose the lie and respond with truthful speech, so making such lies a crime is unnecessary. Choice C gives the opposite argument: that other speech cannot undo a lie.

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