In drafting statutes regulating the flow of traffic and people on public streets, highway and sidewalk legislation must be careful to avoid vagueness and overbreadth issues that would grant too much discretion to law enforcement. To do so would potentially violate free speech assembly provisions of the ___________ Amendment to the constitution.

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The First Amendment protects freedom of speech and assembly, so laws regulating public spaces must be clear and not overly broad to avoid infringing on these rights.

In Drafting Statutes Regulating the Flow of Traffic and People