1. The government tried to analogize this case to three statutes that allowed regulation of false statements. Describe these statutes.

2. Why did the Court find that The Stolen Valor Act violated the First Amendment?

In United States v. Alvarez, the defendant entered a conditional guilty plea violating the Stolen Valor Act by falsely verbally claiming to have received the Congressional Medal of Honor. The U.S. Supreme Court held that Stolen Valor Act constituted a content-based restriction on free speech, in violation of the First Amendment.