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To: NTHockey
In an equally momentous decision, the SCOTUS ruled in the Stolen Valor Act that it is a First Amendment right to lie. Just think of the implications - lying on your income tax return is a First Amendment right; lying in court is a First Amendment right; lying to your mate is a First Amendment right; etc.

Actually no; that [lying to the IRS] would be fraud.

14 posted on 06/29/2012 9:19:01 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

>>In an equally momentous decision, the SCOTUS ruled in the Stolen Valor Act that it is a First Amendment right to lie. Just think of the implications - lying on your income tax return is a First Amendment right; lying in court is a First Amendment right; lying to your mate is a First Amendment right; etc.
Actually no; that [lying to the IRS] would be fraud.<<

Your fraud is my First Amendment right, as affirmed by the SCOTUS. There is no longer any compulsion to be truthful.


15 posted on 06/29/2012 11:42:54 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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