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The Stolen Valor Act makes it a crime to intentionally lie about receiving a military honor, whether the statement is made in public or private, whether it is a parody or a fraud, and whether or not anyone is injured as a result. The government's defense of the statute rests on the proposition that false statements of fact have no value and no independent claim to protection under the First Amendment. The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û's amicus brief challenges that broad assertion by pointing out, among other things, that the government's theory would allow it to criminalize what a federal appeals court judge described as "the white lies, exaggerations and deceptions that are an integral part of human intercourse."