Eugene Volokh just blogged that the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional.
The Stolen Valor Act is a 2006 law that was designed to punish creeps who pretend to be soldiers by buying and displaying medals as if they earned them in the military. Unfortunately, it also banned mailing military medals and collecting old medals such as Civil War medals.
I think Volokh is reporting the whole law has been thrown out. If Congress decides to pass an new version I hope they focus on creepy impostors and grant exceptions for museums, films, and collectors.
US Customs and State Department issue more grossly overbroad restrictions
on behalf of another unfriendly authoritarian government, this time Pakistan
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The US State Department and its Cultural Heritage Center have again
deputized U.S. Customs and Homeland Security to enforce the export controls
of anot...
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