Legal Opinion
Wayte v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 19, 1985No. 83-1292PublishedCited by 1,564 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The question presented is whether a passive enforcement policy under which the Government prosecutes only those who report themselves as having violated the law, or who are reported by others, violates the First and Fifth Amendments.
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On July 2, 1980, pursuant to his authority under § 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 62 Stat. 605, as amended, 50 U. S. C. App. §453,1 the President issued Presidential Proc*601lamation No. 4771, 3 CFR 82 (1981). This Proclamation directed male citizens and certain male residents born during 1960 to register with the Selective Service System during the…
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