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In American constitutional law, a statute is void for vagueness and unenforceable if it is too vague for the average citizen to understand. This is because constitutionally permissible activity may not be chilled because of a statute's vagueness (either because the statute is a penal statute with criminal or quasi-criminal civil penalties, or because the interest invaded by the vague law is ...
Vagueness is commonly diagnosed by a predicate's ability to give rise to the Sorites paradox. Vagueness is separate from ambiguity, in which an expression has multiple denotations. For instance the word "bank" is ambiguous since it can refer either to a river bank or to a financial institution, but there are no borderline cases between both ...
The courts have generally determined that laws which are too vague for the average citizen to understand deprive citizens of their rights to due process. If an average person cannot determine who is regulated, what conduct is prohibited, or what punishment may be imposed by a law, courts may find that law to be void for vagueness. See Coates v.
Under the Chicago Municipal Code § 8-4-015 (added June 17, 1992), loitering was a crime. The facts of the case were: Chicago’s Gang Congregation Ordinance prohibit[ed] "criminal street gang members" from loitering in public places.
"Here, no evidence has been, or could be, introduced to indicate whether the ordinance has been enforced in a discriminatory manner or with the aim of inhibiting unpopular speech. The language of the ordinance is sufficiently clear that the speculative danger of arbitrary enforcement does not render the ordinance void for vagueness." [40]
Justice Neil Gorsuch may have had a slightly awkward first year, but he just racked up a hell of a week. In his public and judicial personas so far, Gorsuch has seemed a bit tone-deaf and clumsy.
If you’re stuck on today’s Wordle answer, we’re here to help—but beware of spoilers for Wordle 1260 ahead. Let's start with a few hints.
Few things will put a damper on your vacation or holiday faster than food poisoning. The intense stomach pain, rushing to the toilet and feeling relegated to bed keeps just about everyone out of ...