| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1980 - 1224 trang
...arguments based on the alleged overbreadth of § 5 (a). A It is settled that, as a matter of due process, a criminal statute that "fails to give a person of...contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute," United States v. Harris*, 347 US 612, 617 (1954), or is so indefinite that "it encourages arbitrary... | |
| United States. Customs Court - 1970 - 1246 trang
...view. The "void for vagueness" doctrine is more generally applied in criminal cases where a statute fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair...notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by statute. Jordan v. De George, 341 US 223, 230 (1951) ; United States v. Harris* et al., 347 US 612,... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1954 - 42 trang
...Harriss, decided June 7, 1954, which sustained the validity of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act: "The constitutional requirement of definiteness is...contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute. The underlying principle is that no man shall be held criminally responsible for conduct which he could... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 4 - 1954 - 50 trang
...Harriss, decided June 7, 1954, which sustained the validity of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act: "The constitutional requirement of definiteness is...contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute. The underlying principle is that no man shall be held criminally responsible for conduct which he could... | |
| United States. National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws - 1970 - 798 trang
...laws which are vaguely worded. This constitutional requirement has variously been stated as follows : The constitutional requirement of definiteness is...contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute. The underlying principle is that no man shall be held criminally responsible for conduct which he could... | |
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