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The majority held that the statute was "overbroad" - that depictions of hunting or legitimate slaughtering methods might easily fall within its purview - and accordingly unconstitutional.

Articles on National Review Online Mona Charen 2010

The majority held that the statute was "overbroad" - that depictions of hunting or legitimate slaughtering methods might easily fall within its purview - and accordingly unconstitutional.

Articles on National Review Online Mona Charen 2010

It's the vagueness-what the lawyerly types call "overbroad" - that bothers me, and I have no doubt that it was written that way as a catch-all, with the overbreadth only a problem if someone challenges the clause legally.

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 2008

You think they're sitting around the coffee shops this week dissecting the finer points of the estimable judges 'ruling, discussing the possible ramifications of the court's definition of "overbroad"?

Pet Talk: High court's decision is a depiction of animal cruelty 2010

In fact, he's taken the opposite action by expanding on Bush policies he termed "overbroad" and failing to discern genuine security concerns from false ones.

Obama's State Secrets Position: Selling Out Or Clever Ploy? 2010

In fact, he's taken the opposite action by expanding on Bush policies he termed "overbroad" and failing to discern genuine security concerns from false ones.

Obama's State Secrets Position: Selling Out Or Clever Ploy? 2010

In fact, he's taken the opposite action by expanding on Bush policies he termed "overbroad" and failing to discern genuine security concerns from false ones.

Obama's State Secrets Position: Selling Out Or Clever Ploy? The Huffington Post News Team 2009

On Oct. 6, 2008, Bradbury wrote a memo saying that Yoo's suggestions to ignore free speech were "overbroad" and "not sufficiently grounded."

The Progress Report: Lifting Bush's Shroud 2009

Zuma and Thint argued that the warrants allowing the searches, granted by Transvaal Judge President Bernard Ngoepe, were invalid because they were "overbroad" and vague, and did not list exactly what should be seized.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

Ekstrand was about to tell the players that they could appeal the order as "overbroad," too sweeping in its scope, when the players got up and started heading for their cars to drive downtown to the police station.

Doubts About Duke 2007