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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (192902)	6/30/2012 12:41:42 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542044

This is rich. Below is an excerpt from a RW blog on (what else?) the HC decision. But the writer ventures off into a riff on lying, and quotes Alito to make the point: Did you notice the other case that came out last Thursday also put the stamp of approval on lying? It was United States v. Alvarez — the "Stolen Valor" case. A man who lied and said he'd won the Congressional Medal of Honor was prosecuted, and he won on free speech grounds in the Supreme Court. So Thursday in the U.S. Supreme Court was a great day for the grand old human practice of lying. From Justice Alito's dissenting opinion in Alvarez: Respondent’s brief features a veritable paean to lying. According to respondent, his lie about the Medal of Honor was nothing out of the ordinary for 21st-century Americans. “Everyone lies,” he says. Brief for Respondent 10. “We lie all the time.” Ibid. “[H]uman beings are constantly forced to choose the persona we present to the world, and our choices nearly always involve intentional omissions and misrepresentations, if not outright deception.” Id., at 39. Everybody's always lying. Now, grow up, pay attention, and don't get played. althouse.blogspot.com Alito of course famously and blatantly lied under oath during his confirmation hearing.