Illinois makes it a crime to "loiter in a public park." Bob spends the afternoon sitting on a public park bench trying to decide whether to go back to college and is arrested for loitering. The law he is accused of breaking violates the ________ principle

A) proximate
B) void-for-vagueness
C) ex post facto
D) legality


Answer: B

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