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An Act titled the Public Panic and Information Control Act (PPICA) is enacted on January 20, 2025. The Act prohibits 'any information, content, or communication that could reasonably be interpreted as causing panic among the public in response to a government operation' and provides imprisonment up to 4 years. It contains no objective standards defining 'panic' or 'could reasonably be interpreted' and contains no guidance on how to determine whether a given communication falls within the prohibition. It also includes a transitional clause applying to statements published since January 1, 2010. On June 5, 2024, a citizen published an online article about a 2018 evacuation drill. On June 10, 2025, the citizen is arrested and charged under PPICA for the 2018 article.   (a)Identify the primary due process issue and the controlling doctrine. (b)Explain how vagueness analysis operates and what constitutes a sufficiently definite criminal statute. (c)Apply to the facts: does PPICA violate the vagueness doctrine? What is the proper disposition, and why?