Case Study: The Stolen Valor Act Answers

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Which statement summarizes the justice’s argument in the court of appeals opinion?

Lying is not protected by the First Amendment; only truths are protected.

The government should not be singling out military service awards for legal protection.

The government cannot make one form of lies illegal without making all lies illegal.

The Stolen Valor Act could allow the government to limit future speech.

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

Laws must not prevent false speech about others.

Laws making it a crime to tell lies about oneself are not needed.

It is not possible to reverse a lie through other speech.

Lies told about others are less serious than lies told about oneself.

What is the main idea of this passage?

Lies are a necessary part of communication.

For six decades, the Supreme Court ruled that lies are protected speech.

According to past decisions, free speech is not unlimited.

Lies are not protected speech because they have no social value.

The justice argues that protecting false speech may

protect morality.

prevent disorder.

damage order in society.

harm listeners to speech.

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