IIED and vagueness

[Volokh, Eugene]

	Why?  Seems like a "reasonable person would find it outrageous"
test is unconstitutionally vague under Grayned et al., precisely because
different people have such different standards of outrageousness.

	Eugene

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> [mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Jamar
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:17 AM
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> What makes it outrageous is not the content per se, but the 
> content in the context.  And doesn't the old workhorse, our 
> erstwhile objective standard of "outrageous to a reasonable 
> person", save it from unconstitutional vagueness?
> 
> Steve