Feb
6
2020
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Defamation of Character: The Fundamental Elements of Libel and Slander
In the summer of 2012 in the case of United States v. Alvarez, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the “Stolen Valor Act” which made lying about being the recipient of a military medal or decoration a crime. The court acknowledged that a lie, in and of itself, is safeguarded by the First Amendment up until the point…