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Well ... anyone can be sued, if there is the least shred of possibility that it’s valid. If there is absolutely no basis at all, and it’s apparent from the “get-go” - then something will be “thrown out” - but other than that - the lawsuit will go ahead.

HOWEVER “winning” the lawsuit is a completely different matter. And no, they can’t win it - if you expose a fraud and they can’t prove it’s not a fraud - and you can prove it’s a fraud. SO ... the bottom line is that you will prevail in a lawsuit!

But, the other “bottom line” to this issue - is what the Founding Fathers thought about “Free Speech” - in that it’s “free speech” itself which will be what “argues against another’s free speech” - in which that other free speech is FALSE.

The idea here is that truth always rises to the surface and lies sink to the bottom - if all things are equal and the government does not intervene and try to “maintain” one kind of speech over another.

Your post demonstrates why the Stolen Valor Act was a bad law. Lying is not the same as fraud, and that's why the government has no business prosecuting people for lying about their past, their military service, etc. If they lie about these things in a formal document like a job application or a financial document, then they can be prosecuted under any number of other statutes for fraud.

I'm with the U.S. Supreme Court on this one. There's no reason why someone who lies about his military background should be prosecuted for a Federal crime, while someone who lies about any ordinary work he did 20 years ago is not.