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ID: "I was just coming from midnight mass, officer"

In the hub city of the Magic Valley, good news for would-be midnight ramblers, from the Twin Falls Times-News:Idaho appellate Court: Wendell curfew no goodThe Idaho Court of Appeals said Tuesday that curfew rules in the town of Wendell violate the constitutional rights of kids. In the unanimous ruling, the appellate court agreed with a teenage boy identified only as John Doe, who was ticketed for being out past curfew when he was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by police...(T)he city rule barring youngsters under 18 from being out between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. violates the First Amendment because it doesn't allow an exception for free speech activities, like midnight church services or attending late-running city council meetings...More from SCOIDBlog, Wendell Curfew Ordinance Unconstitutionally Overbroad...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on April 01, 2009 (boomark / email).