Cispes (Committee in Solidarity With the People of El Salvador) v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we are asked to invalidate a United States statute as placing an unconstitutional burden on First Amendment freedoms. We hold that the statute, designed to protect foreign dignitaries and officials, is neither vague nor overbroad, and that it is a facially permissible means of protecting an important governmental interest. We further hold that, in view of our construction of the statute, and the government’s repeated assertions that it will not be applied to prevent any constitutionally protected activity by the appellants, we need not remand the…