overbreadth doctrine
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From 407 U.S. 163 - Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis · 1972Most cited · 2,485 citing opinions
the doctrine of 'overbreadth' has been held by this Court in prior decisions to accord standing by reason of the 'chilling effect' that a particular law might have upon the exercise of the First Amendment rights, that doctrine has not been applied to constitutional litigation in areas other than those relating to the First Amendment