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High court torn over law banning lie about medals

The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday over a law that makes it a crime to lie about having been awarded top military honors.

High court to rule on lying about military medals

POSTED: Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 2:16 pm

BY: Associated Press

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide if telling a lie about yourself is a crime — if the lie claims military medals you didn’t earn. The court said Monday it will rule on the constitutionality of a law that makes it a federal crime for people to claim [...]

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