Anser the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. The federal government has primary responsibility for controlling breaches of the peace.

2. The common law developed the offense of vagrancy to criminalize destruction of government property.

3. The Supreme Court has said that the exercise of First Amendment rights in the public forum may be curtailed when government has a rational basis for doing so..

4. States and cities have enacted loitering ordinances designed to focus on conduct and not status, to give fair notice as to what is proscribed, and to afford persons an opportunity to explain their presence before being ordered to disperse.


1. F
2. F
3. F
4. T

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.

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