17 November 2009

Backwater town tries to define legal curfew, stumbles over
constitution.

http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/articles/2009/11/17/news/local/doc4b0293f578367624761533.txt

Exemptions include:

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4 The juvenile is accompanied by a parent

4 The juvenile is involved in an emergency

4 The juvenile is engaged in an employment activity

4 The juvenile is on the sidewalk directly abutting their residence

4 The juvenile is attending an institutionally sponsored activity

4 The juvenile is on an errand at the direction of a parent and bears a written consent

4 The juvenile is involved in interstate travel beginning or ending in Emmitsburg

4 The juvenile is out after curfew hours while exercising first amendment rights, such as that covered by Constitutional freedom of speech, religion or right of assembly.