the 9th circuit doesn t give a darn about a california man s yarn ruling that fibs are protected speech. yet this week the appeals qowrt struck down the stolen valor act that made it a crime to lie about top military deck error locations deck error decorations and let him off the hook after he was convicted of falsely claiming to award a congressional medal of honor. the chief justice wrote in defense of the first amendment, quote, it false actual statements are unprotected, then the government can prosecute not only the man who tells tall tales of winning the congressional medal of honor, but the jay dater who claims he is jewish or the dentist assures you it won t hurt a bit. i think that is called the slippery slope. meanwhile, they say the right to lie is not a fundamental right under the constitution, and that lies should be protected. we asked a group of baby otters luke we always do to
give a darn about a california man s yarn ruling that fibs are protected speech. yet this week the appeals qowrt struck down the stolen valor act that made it a crime to lie about top military deck error locations deck error decorations and let him off the hook after he was convicted of falsely claiming to award a congressional medal of honor. the chief justice wrote in defense of the first amendment, quote, it false actual statements are unprotected, then the government can prosecute not only the man who tells tall tales of winning the congressional medal of honor, but the jay dater who claims he is jewish or the dentist assures you it won t hurt a bit. i think that is called the slippery slope. meanwhile, they say the right to lie is not a fundamental right under the constitution, and that lies should be protected. we asked a group of baby otters luke we always do to comment on the judge s ruling.