Con law void for vagueness

Criminal laws that violate this requirement are said to be void for vagueness

Vagueness doctrine rests on the due process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U

By requiring fair notice of what is punishable and what is not, vagueness doctrine also helps prevent arbitrary enforcement of the laws

Circuit misapplied the vagueness doctrine by failing to analyze the statute’s text in light of practical opportunities for excessive discretion, and, more importantly, introduced a subjective and socially weighted standard of enforcement

In other situations, a statute may be unconstitutionally vague because the statute is worded in a standardless way that invites arbitrary enforcement

In this vein, the Court has invalidated two kinds of laws as “void for vagueness” : (1) laws that define criminal offenses; and (2) laws that fix the permissible sentences for criminal offenses