Showing posts with label Penal Code 415. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Penal Code 415. Show all posts

Friday, September 11, 2009

Can't Make Noises the Government Doesn't Like

Check out Penal Code 415:

Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than four hundred dollars ($400), or both such imprisonment and fine:

(1) Any person who unlawfully fights in a public place or challenges another person in a public place to fight.

(2) Any person who maliciously and willfully disturbs another person by loud and unreasonable noise.

(3) Any person who uses offensive words in a public place which are inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction.

Is it just me, or do (2) and (3) sound unconstitutionally vague?