What is the difference between the vagueness and overbreadth doctrines?

What will be an ideal response?


The vagueness doctrine is a constitutional theory of due process that maintains that the government cannot impose legal standards that the average person cannot or is not likely to understand. The overbreadth doctrine is a constitutional theory of due process that generally provides that the government cannot regulate or prohibit more speech than is necessary to address the identified harm.

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