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- noun US, law The excessive
broadness of astatute that, inproscribing unprotected speech, also proscribes protected speech.
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Likewise, some courts have used the First Amendment/Fourteenth Amendment tools of narrow tailoring, least restrictive alternative, and overbreadth.
The Volokh Conspiracy » State court standards of review for the right to arms 2010
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On behalf of 11 teachers, 2 students and parents, Martinez's motion charges that the "vagueness and overbreadth" of the Ethnic Studies ban and "its enforcement by Superintendents (John) Huppenthal and (Tom) Horne violate the plaintiffs' constitutional rights," and adds that "statute and its application violate the plaintiffs' rights to Equal Protection, Free Speech and Substantive Due Process."
Jeff Biggers: Arizona 2012: New Leaders With Ethnic Studies Caravan Will Move On and Flourish, Barking Dogs Will Fade Jeff Biggers 2011
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The motion charges that the "vagueness and overbreadth" of the Ethnic Studies ban and "its enforcement by Superintendents (John) Huppenthal and (Tom) Horne violate the plaintiffs' constitutional rights," and adds that "statute and its application violate the plaintiffs' rights to Equal Protection, Free Speech and Substantive Due Process."
Jeff Biggers: Ethnic Studies Court Emergency in Arizona: Only an Injunction Can Prevent Irreparable Harm Jeff Biggers 2011
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The motion charges that the "vagueness and overbreadth" of the Ethnic Studies ban and "its enforcement by Superintendents (John) Huppenthal and (Tom) Horne violate the plaintiffs' constitutional rights," and adds that "statute and its application violate the plaintiffs' rights to Equal Protection, Free Speech and Substantive Due Process."
Jeff Biggers: Ethnic Studies Court Emergency in Arizona: Only an Injunction Can Prevent Irreparable Harm Jeff Biggers 2011
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The motion charges that the "vagueness and overbreadth" of the Ethnic Studies ban and "its enforcement by Superintendents (John) Huppenthal and (Tom) Horne violate the plaintiffs' constitutional rights," and adds that "statute and its application violate the plaintiffs' rights to Equal Protection, Free Speech and Substantive Due Process."
Jeff Biggers: Ethnic Studies Court Emergency in Arizona: Only an Injunction Can Prevent Irreparable Harm Jeff Biggers 2011
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Today a collection of Internet policy experts from across the philosophical spectrum sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee suggesting that any action to reform the CFAA should also take the opportunity to correct this vagueness and overbreadth.
Leslie Harris: Knocking the Rust off of the Anti-Hack Act Leslie Harris 2011
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The vagueness and overbreadth challenges also failed.
Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The vagueness and overbreadth challenges also failed.
What standards govern the FTC in the courts? Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Today a collection of Internet policy experts from across the philosophical spectrum sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee suggesting that any action to reform the CFAA should also take the opportunity to correct this vagueness and overbreadth.
Leslie Harris: Knocking the Rust off of the Anti-Hack Act Leslie Harris 2011
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The motion charges that the "vagueness and overbreadth" of the Ethnic Studies ban and "its enforcement by Superintendents (John) Huppenthal and (Tom) Horne violate the plaintiffs' constitutional rights," and adds that "statute and its application violate the plaintiffs' rights to Equal Protection, Free Speech and Substantive Due Process."
Jeff Biggers: Ethnic Studies Court Emergency in Arizona: Only an Injunction Can Prevent Irreparable Harm Jeff Biggers 2011
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