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facial challenge

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From 362 U.S. 17 - United States v. James Griggs Raines · 1960Most cited · 2,478 citing opinions

the rule that one to whom application of a statute is constitutional will not be heard to attack the statute on the ground that impliedly it might also be taken as applying to other persons or other situations in which its application might be unconstitutional

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