This dick, Rick Glen Strandlof, claimed to be a...

...former decorated Marine. He was charged under the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 which made it illegal to make such claims and was convicted. He appealed the conviction and a judge in Federal Court dismissed the charge claiming the law was unconstitutional. So he gets to walk. It doesn’t make him any less a dick for making false claims, and it doesn't mean I agree with his actions even slightly. I do kinda agree with the judge. There may be a compelling public interest in forbidding dicks from claiming to be a soldier, doctor, lawyer, or policeman the last three of which are prohibited by law, but there is no such interest in forbidding dicks from claiming to be former doctors, lawyers, or policemen. Neither is there for dicks claiming to be former military when they aren’t. Now if said claims are made for gain of some sort then other laws can be used to disabuse them of the notion. In that case stick it to him.

H/T to Matt G.