FAC files amicus brief in US Supreme Court “false speech” case
Peter Scheer
February 7, 2012
The First Amendment Coalition has filed an amicus brief in a US Supreme Court case, United States v. Alvarez, that will test the limits of free speech protection for false speech. FAC’s brief was written by lawyers Gary Bostwick, Jean-Paul Jassy and Kevin Vick of LA law firm Bostwick & Jassy, LLP. The Alvarez case concerns a local politician in Southern California who was prosecuted under an obscure federal law, the Stolen Valor Act, which makes