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The Public Peace and Safety Act (PPSA) is enacted on January 15, 2026. The Act prohibits any expression that could reasonably be interpreted as causing undue alarm during a declared national emergency, and it provides imprisonment for up to five years. The Act contains no express mens rea requirement. On February 2, 2026, a columnist publishes a cartoon about a government raid conducted during the emergency. On February 3, 2026, the columnist is arrested and charged under PPSA for that 2025 cartoon. (a)Identify the primary due process issue and the controlling doctrine. (b)Explain how vagueness analysis operates and what makes a statute sufficiently definite. (c)Apply to the facts: does PPSA violate the vagueness doctrine? What is the proper disposition, and why?

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Overbreadth—unconstitutional; it restricts protected speech beyond what is necessary; charges must be dismissed or the statute narrowed. Emergency power justification—permissible under police power; the statute is valid and the charges stand. Ex post facto—unconstitutional; retroactive criminalization of speech; charges must be dismissed. Vagueness—void for vagueness; it fails to provide ascertainable standards or fair notice; charges must be dismissed.

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