Supreme Court Case: United States V. Abel Fields

his is the Supreme Court opinion in the case which involves the case of United States v. Fields. A man named, Abel Fields. who is a resident of California, is being tried for the Stolen Valor Act. In 2011. Abel Fields spoke publicly at a meeting he attend. During his speech, he claimed that he had served in the military for eight years. Along with that false information, fields also says during his time he received a Purple Heart. Everything fields said was false. He did not serve in the military nor did he receive a medal. After being found guilty he was charged with a 1,000$ fine, fields did not agree to the court. Abel fields argued that the Stolen Valor Act was unconstitutional, and his right to free speech was violated. Along with this decision i have taken it upon myself to help make a decision with …show more content…
Some other cases that will be used is New York Times v. Sullivan and Texas v. Johnston. New York Times v. Sullivan , The Court said the right to publish all statements is protected under the First Amendment. Lastly, the Texas v. johnson case resulted in Johnston, who burned the American flag to protest the policies of President Ronald Reagan. ... the Texas court tried and convicted Johnson. He arguing that his actions were "symbolic speech" protected by the First Amendment. The Supreme Court agreed to hear his case.

My opinion is very clear. In the world we have some ignorant people who don't respect what amazing country that we have. Which result in taking advantage of all the things we have like freedom of speech and the other right we have. Fields claimed that he won a Purple Heart medal. But, was he physically hurting anyone, No, but i do agree that someone shouldn't go to a public meeting and