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U.S. v. Hilton, No. 98-1513 (1st Cir.) (167 F.3d 61) (January 27, 1999) (Judge Hugh H. Bownes)

The Court acknowledged that "Overbroad statutes by their nature present a host of difficulties for our system of ordered liberty, not the least of which is a chilling effect on the communication of lawful ideas. But a statute will not be invalidated as overbroad unless its overbreath is 'real, but ...

 

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