Helvering v. Foster

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• concluding that such a reading, in effect, would create a strict liability crime as just described here
• holding that term \personnel\ is void for vagueness as the law is not \sufficiently clear so as to allow persons of `ordinary intelligence' a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited\
• holding that the material support restriction did not warrant strict scrutiny \because it is not aimed at interfering with the expressive component of their conduct but at stopping aid to terrorist groups\
• holding that term \personnel” is void for vagueness as the law is not \sufficiently clear so as to allow persons of 'ordinary intelligence’ a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited”
• holding that \training\ prong of material support definition is vague because it covers such forms of protected expression as \instruct[ing] members of a designated group on how to petition the United Nations to give aid to their group\
• holding that “training” prong of material support definition is vague because it covers such forms of protected expression as “instructing] members of a designated group on how to petition the United Nations to give aid to their group”

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