Ruling in United States v. Alvarez, on June 28, 2012, the majority opinion declared that “because the Stolen Valor Act, as presently drafted, works disproportionate constitutional harm, it fails intermediate scrutiny, and thus violates the First Amendment.”
The question presented was:
Whether the Stolen Valor Act violates the First Amendment.
The opinion
Read the full rulingPDF · 285.47 KBPublished by the Library of Congress.
Oral argument
Listen at OyezOffsiteThe Court's own audio archive begins with the 2010 term, so this argument is held by Oyez rather than by supremecourt.gov.
